It's a nice strong piece but the color is not gold - it's somewhat green/gold. Also the instructions were followed closely yet the front facing side of the headboard at the top has  2 obvious holes on the top bar.  I'm not sure why they are there at all - they serve no purpose -or if they are suppose to be on the side facing the wall - but according to the instructions, we built it properly and yet the holes are there in the front facing the bed. The good part of the story is that Wayfair will be sending another headboard free of charge - and hopefully I will home when it arrives so that I can check to see that it does not have holes.