This bed is REALLY nice. It comes in two separate boxes. Majority of the pieces are stored inside the head board. (There’s a zipper on the side to access these pieces). You do need two people to assemble it though. Also this bed does come with slats. But I feel that even with a 5 Inch Box Spring and a 14 inch mattress, the bed sits low (that’s if you use the original slats in comes with). So I ended up using my previous metal bed frame which is 7 inches. I really liked the way it turned out.