The bed is beautiful and feels very well built. It was easy to put together, my husband and I did it in about 2 hours. No smell to the furniture. The only issue I have is that I need a taller box spring. I ordered the recommended “low profile” box spring (5”) and have a 10” mattress on it, and still ended up with approximately 5” gap between the mattress and headboard. The gap is totally unacceptable to me, so I’m going to be getting a taller box spring. If you buy this bed, you need AT KEAST  20” of mattress  box spring.