When I received my package, I opened it immediately to look at it. The distressed look of it is not the raw wood it was like painted with like a tan color and little spattering of the tan all over it. They also told me it was solid wood, its the compressed wood but very durable and wood last, they also told me it had a place to make it a full size instead of queen size but it did not. Overall I did like it from the pictures and still tried to set it up and would over all liked it being put up. I would suggest just ordering the head board first to make sure its what you want.