This is nice, not quite as blue as it appears in the photo, but still nice.  The pillow shams are king sized for the king sized coverlet.  The coverlet is reversible if you need to turn it over.  It covers the entire bed (we have an 18" high king sized bed) with a large headboard and footboard. None of the mattress shows if we turn the coverlet with the wide side across the bed and the shells oriented towards the top instead of sideways as it is shown in the photo.  The accent pillow is also pretty nice.  The first photo is using overhead lighting.  The second photo is natural daylight.