very nice.  it's not as dark a grey as in the picture, more like a steel-blue grey which worked out well given the colors on our walls.  It's very well built, not flimsy.  What I appreciate the MOST of this headboard unlike most others is that it's adjustable; it gives you 5 inches to adjust the height.  This gives a significant amount of flexibility given the different sizes of mattresses, bed frames out there.  The material makes it easy to keep clean.  The installation was very easy; though I had a question, I called support at Wayfair and received immediate helpful attention addressing an installation question (I hadn't read the instructions perfectly).