I purchased the full sized version. The instructions were easy to follow. Possible to build alone but I believe an extra set of hands is always smoother. The velvet is smooth and had no odor of any kind. The mirror portion was clean and had one small knick that can hardly be noticed. The slats do not make any type of noise with a single mattress on top. Only one person who weighs less than 120 sleeps on this bed (to consider that a heavier person may or may not have noise from the slats). 

The headboard is tall. I found that many other beds would advertise a tall headboard in the stock photo and customer photos proved the opposite. This is not the case with this bed. The third photo shows a 12 inch mattress and how much headboard is left. The headboard does not wobble or feel unsteady. I strongly recommend this bed. This is our first platform bed and it did not disappoint.