This bed was not only affordable but delivered style and function for our guest room. It's a deep deep true brown that is very sophisticated. All the parts came either in the box or in the zipper back of the headboard. We are letting it off-gas for a week or so before a mattress gets added, but it's a room of completely new furniture so everything needs to off-gas a bit, really. We had all our parts and pieces though and installation was easy, it took less than an hour maybe just 30-40 minutes.