Gorgeous, glamorous, and modern...even more striking in person than the pics!  We have a vaulted ceiling in our bedroom so the height of this bed works great.  I suspect it may be a bit much for a standard 8' ceiling, though.  The volume of this bed really needs a large space to accommodate it.  Assembly was a bit of a chore, but the directions were decent so I managed to get it together in a couple of hours by myself.  The linen white headboard is a tad off white, and it does, indeed, have a linen texture.  I wouldn't quite call the color a cream, per se, but it's definitely not ultra pure white either.  That was our main hesitation that we tried to figure out before ordering it, but we rolled the dice and couldn't be happier with the purchase.  I'd give it a 6th star if I could.