The bronze headboard is true to color in photo. The platform bed frame that I purchased earlier from Wayfair does not have fixtures for headboard attachments so prior reviews successfully propping it behind frame were helpful to me. I've not had a headboard for years so I'm not certain if queen size headboard brackets typically protrude outward because this thing seems a tad wide.  Not wide enough to be king size though. The legs are definitely outside the frame; not an issue since I did not plan to attach it. I like that the legs are covered with a soft black fabric. Not important, but I wasn't expecting it and I like the look. And hopefully that minimized the wall scraping when I shoved it between wall and bedframe! I'd had my heart set on a DIY before now, and the value of this purchase far outweighs the cost of me hoping what I'd make myself as a novice would be equivalent.