Nice material, color is a soft pure gray just like the picture shows, construction is nice quality work, and fits my queen bed easily.  I was looking for a headboard that had some height to it since I have lots of pillows and this is just perfect. Only reason I did not give 5 stars is that is would not connect to my bed frame, the slots would not line up.  That may be my fault but I really don't know much about bed frames per say. Keeping and may get a different frame to make it work or attach directly to wall.