We recently purchased this bed for our son in a queen. It does not require a box spring and does sit higher on the ground as we like. The bed is well made and we didn’t have any issues with shipping or assembling. My only complaint is the bed does make a squeaky noise at times, I think this is due to the structure- we have other platform beds that have parts that help with noise. I also which the head board was a little taller. Overall we are happy and our teenage son likes it.