I was a little disappointed when I first received this as I expected the headboard to be higher but that was my mistake for not looking at the measurements more carefully. The bed is otherwise beautiful, I purchased mine in gray. I've had it for a few weeks now and really love it. I put it together on my own in about an hour and a half, it was pretty easy just time consuming. I needed to use a power screwdriver at the end though to screw the boards in.