This bed is GORGEOUS! it took awhile to assemble ( over an hour) and you need to follow instructions closely- there are a few points we got confused about but ultimately figured it out. One tricky part was assembling part of the winged headboard to the base of the frame- its hard to get the screw up into the hole and tighten but we realize later we shouldn't have tightened the back part of the headboard so tight ( The instructions insinuate this but used a phrase that made no sense to us....now we get it haha). we have gotten tons of compliments. The wood color is gorgeous against the gray. It's exactly as pictured.