This bed is awesome. I have had it for over a year, and my toddlers are not easy on things... so far its held up well. It is a great grey. For my home, I'm constantly dealing with the battle of the greys... not too purple and not too green. We had a paint in our room that was a grey with a silver-ish and a slight hue towards the purple side... that paint made this bed look beige-ish, green. We repainted with a very non-tonal grey and now the bed just reads grey. It still goes with my navy wall, and my silver rug. So it is very true grey, but if it reads at all to tone, it will pull towards the warm side, not toward cool. I love the quality and it was well worth the decision to get the foot boards.