I am very happy with this bed!! We purchased the king, and for the price, wow!!! The only reason i'm not giving it 5 stars is that it's not AS sturdy as my former upholstered bed that i bought from a furniture place (but that one also cost $600) but its not unsturdy either, just not as good as my old one is all. The grey is a very nice medium-dark, its also one of few upholstered beds to have a lower headboard; this was important to us as our bed goes under a window and we needed the headboard to sit just under it. You definitely do not want a box spring on it, so we gave ours away.  Only thing we might do is to stain the legs to match our existing bedroom furniture. Assembly wasn't too difficult, maybe an hour. Very happy with this purchase!