I'm surprised at how much I like this headboard. It's solidly built and looks great. I had to buy brackets for my metal platform frame (I knew that before I bought the headboard), but once I installed them, the headboard was very easy to install. The whole process took about 45 minutes (it would have been faster with a helper) and most of that was spent simply getting the package opened. The headboard was extremely well protected for shipping. I'm really happy with it.