It's a cute bed however I would not purchase it again for a young child. If you notice in the pics, at the head of the bed the ve vertical bars do not go all the way down. This means that you must use a box spring or else there is a large gap that a child's head could get caught under. In our case we decided to use the box spring but the bed is now too high for our 4 year old to easily get in and out.  I am also concerned about the space between the vertical bars as seems very easy for a child's head to fit through.