This bed construction is pretty close to garbage and the description is misleading.  While it looks nice, I spent hours putting it together on a hot day and just wanted to rest, but when I put the mattress on and sat down one of the slats underneath broke.  They were flimsy and splintering when I put the bed together but I figured they were designed to hold up.

In order to use the bed, I had to put the box spring on, so now the bed is taller than my last, which I didn't want.  The mattress and box spring come up to only a foot below the top of the headboard which makes it look strange.  I guess I shouldn't have expected a lot from a $300 bed, but it had excellent reviews so I thought it would be a good purchase.