We were in transition from temp home to new home.  When it came, we took a peak to see if all parts were there and for any damages. It came with a 4 inch dirt mark across the middle of the head board and a small rip on the bottom of one of the sides but my daughter loved it. Luckily the smudge cleaned off well enough and decided be ok with the rip so we just kept it.  When we finally moved to our house, we were not very pleased to find out we either had to take out the box spring and be able to see a greater deal of the headboard (the reason my daughter picked it) but the mattress would be like 20 inches off the floor or keep the box spring but not really see the headboard.  It was too late to return. We ended up  keeping box spring for practicality.  Better picture would be great to illustrate the height.