I purchased a Full size after having a Queen all my life, so I'm not sure if it's typically that small but it does look a bit smaller than what I imagined by looking at the picture, however, the Full size mattress fits so, it's not false advertisement....everything else is "just like the picture."  My nephew, who already has some knowledge with these types of set-ups finished in 35 minutes!  I did watch him and if you handled any set-up remotely close to this before, you should be fine!