This headboard was purchased for one of our guest rooms for our house at the beach.  It is absolutely perfect.  The look is just what I needed as we have lots of beach colors in the room and needed to keep the headboard neutral.  Arrived with a tiny nick in it, but I didn't want to go to the trouble of returning it, so the customer service folks, who were wonderful, offered me a small discount. I just painted the nick and it's barely noticeable.  The headboard is sturdy but is shorter than the look in the picture.