Overall the bed is a good purchase.  I purchased a memory foam mattress to use with this bed in a platform setup (as pictured on here) since I liked the low profile of the mattress with the headboard.  After the 1st night, I realized that unfortunately the 5 slats that came with the bed were not enough to support my mattress and made it quite soft and uncomfortable.  I headed to my local big box hardware store and purchased an additional 5 wooden slats and drilled my own holes and relocated the center foot peg (1 of the 3 meant to be installed on the slats provided) to my slat.  The store cut all mine down to size for free by the way.  After doing that, the bed feels amazing, looks great, and i get many compliments.  The 2-piece headboard was a pain to put together though since the holes on the support beams to hold the 2 pieces together didn't quite match up and/or the leather cushion was causing issues to squeeze them together to line up the holes to bolt together.