Beautiful bed and very well made.  I struggled to find a bed with a taller headboard so that it wasn't hidden behind pillows and this one is perfect.  I put this together myself in about 2 hours, with a little help from my husband when attaching the headboard to the side rails.  It's not difficult to put together, just time consuming due to many pieces.  This was delivered to my house in 2 big boxes - one that held the side rails and metal braces and one that held the headboard (which itself contains all the rest of the pieces inside it).  This bed holds our memory foam mattress perfectly!