Beautiful bed! Just as pictured. Easy assembly between me and my hubby. Completed in about an hour or so. I bought a mattress one inch larger than recommended and It fits just up to the padding. Only issue i see is when you drill in the braces to the bed, put the first one right at the head so the mattress doesn’t dip there. Leaving the gap in the middle seems to lay better for my daughter and her head isn’t dropping.