WE LOVE THIS BED!!  The pictures don't even do it justice.  The wood is beautiful, the bookshelf is wonderful and the cubby hole at the end of the bed is there new favorite hiding place.  The drawers work great.  We ended up getting a 6" mattress which fits perfectly.  Another thing that I really liked about this bed was the fact that when it arrived it came in 4 boxes which were all CLEARLY MARKED with which part of the bed it included.  My husband and I thought it would take the two of us to put it together but he ended up being able to put it together in about 1 1/2-2 hours.  Lastly, we got this bed on sale for an AWESOME PRICE and couldn't be any happier.  It really made the bedroom beautiful.