Very sturdy and fairly simple to put together, although I would recommend you have at least two people when assembling the bed. It has a slat base and therefore we did not use a no spring, only a mattress. There is a bit of space between either the headboard and mattress or footboard and mattress (depending on which side you position your mattress) as the mattress we have is not quite as long as the frame but it still looks nice. I was a bit worried about the multiple shades of brown that appear in some of the photos but it looks very nice in person. Very fast delivery came in two separate packages with a day between each package delivery but both boxes were here within a couple of days of ordering. Overall, I’m very happy with this purchase.