Ultimately, this bed is beautiful. It's sturdy, easy to put together, elegant, and 90% of what we were looking for. Unfortunately, we bought this bed frame before purchasing our mattress. We had never purchased a new bed/mattress combo before and we didn't know how seriously to consider "recommended mattress height" and we especially didn't know that we were going to purchase a 16 inch mattress. This results in seeing very little of the beautiful headboard, none when the pillows are on and the bed is made. Unfortunately, that's not quite what we were going for in our bedroom and are likely going to return the bed and replace it with one that fits out mattress better.