The picture doesn't do it justice, its bright and beautiful! love it! my husband assembled it and didn't seem to have any issues. From the pic I posted it easily fits the queen size Tempur-pedic mattress. We decided to keep the box spring although you don't have to because the slates are enough to just put a mattress on. Why I kept ours is because the Tempur-pedic is a very low profile mattress and would have been way too low.