My son picked this out in black.  He wanted storage more than a headboard and I liked that this has the option to add a headboard at a later time.  It looks just like the photo and puts together well (although the directions are not great). It is extremely heavy (cant move it without two people on carpet).  I do wish the bottom was painted or had a slippery surface rather than exposed wood simply so i could push it around on carpet.  I suggest purchasing some sort of gliders and putting them on bottom pieces as you put it together.  It is so heavy it wouldn't move easily but would give a single person the ability to shove it a bit!  All in all it does look nice.  Double mattress is about 3 or 4" shorter than the length of this so some of the exposed wood shows under the mattress but if you use a comforter that hangs off edge you cant see it.