This bed is just as pictured. The frame and head/footboard look very nice and are a nice charcoal color. The only complaint I have about the look is that the feet for the bed look cheap, they are a plastic material, while the rest of the bed looks nice. Im not too concerned about it, but it woud have been ince to have even a fake wood look rather than the plastic material. This bed was super easy to assemble, which was one of the reasons I chose this one as opposed to others. We are using it with our Purple mattress and it looks and feels great. The bed is just the right height. I gave it four stars due to the look of the feet of the bed, and our wooden slats had some minor cracking in a couple of them. We covered them with tape so it wouldn't damage our mattress and were good to go. I'd recommend this for a bed that is inexpensive but looks great!