This bed is gorgeous and pictures don’t do it justice! We searched for a good month and a half to find one and we are so glad we picked this one to buy!! I put it together myself (34 year old woman) and it took me about 2-2.5 hours. We originally bought a 4” box springs that made it too tall, and just a 12” mattress on the platform makes it sort of low, so I’m still trying to find a happy medium height.