This is a beautiful bed! Nice and sturdy and the perfect bed for my daughter's first "big girl bed". I was worried about the quality with it being such a great price, but it's really solid. We will probably end up getting a thin bed foundation or even just some plywood to go under the mattress just because we can't have her bed rails on the bed since the platform is open slats, so we just need something solid. We used cardboard from the box it came in as a temporary fix. But it's a wonderful bed, was shipped quickly, and was in perfect condition!