This headboard is beautiful, sturdy, and looks amazingly expensive. I ordered brown, but for those wanting a dark brown, this won’t work. The color is very light with gray undertones- more of a taupe shade. Pay close attention to the picture given when you order “brown” because that is the color you will receive. If it works for your color scheme, but it because it is beautiful. Also, I am not sure if we were just lucky, but the assembly was easy and all parts were included and attached easily to the frame. A great buy!