Gorgeous bed.  However the headboard leaves a 4 inch gap where the mattress stops (I did not use a box spring - with the  box spring  the bed was far too high).  So I had a carpenter cut about 6 inches from the headboard and  reattach it.  You can  see the finished result in the attached  photos - I like this  a lot better, and you can  still see the pretty nail head trim, but there's no longer a gap.  By the way, the nail heads are actually a strip - fake nail heads.  I still like it though.