I ordered this for my daughter's first apartment and it is exactly what we were looking for. It was delivered in excellent condition and came three days after I ordered it.  You do need a box spring with this bed frame, otherwise it would be really low to the ground and there would be a gap between the headboard and the mattress.  Also one thing we didn't think about when we ordered it - you lose all the under bed storage that you have with a normal bed frame.  That's hard in a small apartment, but the bed frame itself is worth the price.