I love this bed. I searched and searched for something pretty low whead board storage(without lighting) and under mattress storage. As my dog has gotten older I wanted to find something he could easily “walk” up on and not jump off. This is perfect. It stores so much stuff under the mattress and I’m glad we decided not to do drawers and did the lift instead. The color is a bit darker than the picture and building it wasn’t too bad. Took myself and another to build it in about 2 12hrs.