The picture for this bed shows the bookcase headboard, and the description says in one place that the headboard is included, but in another says it is not. Based on the price, I would have expected it to be included. That aside, when we received the boxes, they were ripped up. I probably would have been fine with that except I was so unhappy with the bed. When it came to actually assembling the bed, it was ridiculous. The instructions were terrible - worse than any piece of furniture I've put together. The drawer sliders started falling apart and we ended up with ball bearings everywhere. The overall quality of the bed was lower than I expected. I decided that I wanted to return the bed, but was only going to get less than 1/3 of what I paid!!! I will never use Wayfair again,nor will I purchase anything from South Shore! Trust me - don't waste your money here.