I love the look of the bed. But I would not put this together with the bottom slats attached. When I purchased my mattress, it came with a free metal pull out box spring. After building the frame, I decided to keep the mattress and bed separate. Its nice but can get wobbly. I didn't show it in the picture but I eventually slide the frame back to align with the bed and I added the side rails to make it look like one piece. Hope this was helpful.