Not only is our new bed accurate to the color shown, but it was easy to assemble and feels nice and sturdy. I broke our last bed frame during assembly (it was from a foreign big box assemble it yourself store which I will not name). I liked that there were two different height options for the feet. We have a Sleep Number bed which requires a completely flat surface, so we purchased some wood and cut it to fit over the top of the slats on the bed. Overall assembly plus wood cutting took just over an hour. We picked this bed so we could make our own custom headboard, but it looks great without one!