Let me first say I love the looks of the bed.  The color was very hard to find and it's gorgeous and the headboard of the bed is very comfortable.  It went together easily and without difficulty.  That being said, the headboard itself is wobbly and rickety.  The bed is solid, but it's almost as if the headboard is too tall for the bed and requires some sort of extra support.  The other issue I have with the bed is that the headboard isn't one solid piece that connects all the way down to the side panels.  There is a visual gap of about 6 inches on either side of the bed.  This is not very aesthetically pleasing at all and really cheapens the overall look of the bed.  It has some definite design flaws.