Pros: The bed arrived in perfect condition, not one cratch or blemish!  Its a shiny gun metal/charcoal, not dark black. The fabric is an off white/ linen color not stark white. This bed feels light when putting together (i though it might feel cheap) but once together it was pretty solid.. i could shake the headboard a bit but not footboard, it makes a great guest bed. 
Cons: finials were super hard to get on... I think they may have been defective. I did not want to order more so we had to turn the poles over and bag them on the ground to get the finial to go in (putting finials on is supposed to be the last step, glad I did it first). The bed comes with a ton of parts, it took 1.5 hrs for 2 ppl that are good DYIrs to put together but for the price I'm not
complaining... if you don't want to work, you spend more on the bed!