Overall, I really like this bed - it's solid and I like the clean design. We reinforced plugs with wood glue, and we've only had it a couple months but its been great! I would not recommend this with a boxspring - it makes the mattress ridiculously high. However, I took off a star because the finish SMELLED when we unboxed it - ended up leaving it in our guest room to off-gas for two weeks before I could stand to be in the same room with it. If you're sensitive to chemical smells I would purchase with that in mind.