The head board is not as tall as we expected to be but we do have an extra tall mattress as well. we bought the king size, the drawers fit two standard size pillows side by side perfectly in them and you can still put a blanket or sheets underneath that. Very easy to put together and clean as well. I would say the bottom base is about 2 foot tall for the drawers to fit under etc so it’s not a very low profile platform bed like I’ve had in the past but is gorgeous and everyone who has seen it loves it.