I love this bed! My husband assembled it in under an hour and as you can see, it has a very tall headboard. The color is brown but there are gray undertones that make this a neutral addition to any established bedroom decor. One more thing - our previous bed was a headboard and metal frame (b/c I like a high bed) and I was able to fit, to the centimeter, the metal frame within the bed. I am so happy the previous metal frame fit because I wasn’t excited about the (only) six wooden slats that came with this bed. I have a 10-inch box spring and 10-inch memory foam mattress sitting atop the 12-inch metal frame - and there is still plenty of headboard left!