We've had this bed frame for a while now. We got the grey king option. From what I remember delivery was fast and we had to take it out of the box downstairs before bringing it upstairs to put together. It was too heavy to bring it up the stairs with it in the box. It was fairly easy to put together. But one thing we didn't think of is if you have cats I might think twice before buying. Our cats have climbed on top of the headboard and have pulled some of the threading out. Good thing is since it is a darker color you can't really tell unless you look closely. We bought only a new mattress for the bed. No box spring. I think it would be too high if you bought both. I love that the side of the headboard goes all the way down. There is no smell to the headboard. I do kind of miss having some room under the bed to put storage though.