This bed is beautiful and goes great with everything. It is a light taupe/gray-brown color and the fabric is durable. It does have a lot of slats to put in, which is a bit of a pain, but worth it. I did not know this before I bought the bed, but you really do not need box springs. If you do want box sprints, you need to get low-profile box springs or else the mattress is really high up on the head board.