The bed arrived in the time period they stated. the two packages arrived a day apart. The headboard came first and had a tear in the box, luckily the headboard was not damaged and looked great! Assembly was easy, and once it was up my husband and I loved it! The talc color is more of an off white/ light beige color - Glad reviewers had mentioned that in their comments. The box spring does show a little but not a big deal for us at all. If you would rather not have it show at all, a low profile box spring would probably do the trick.