Quite frankly I am disapointed with the size. I ordered it for our new house but we did not have the mattress set for measuring (mattress height) so I took a risk. The headboard looks so large and luxurious in the picture but measure it if the height is important (to me it was). Our mattress is from the high end line at Macy's and since the set is so tall, we will need to prop up the headboard.