The bed sits lower than I expected. I ended up using a box spring under my mattress to give it more height, which looks much better in my opinion. Also, I slept on the bed a couple nights with just the mattress and it felt like my mattress was caving in because the mattress is being held up by just a few wood slats. The box spring also helped with this problem. Overall, it’s a nice bed and wasn’t very difficult assembling.