The headboard is beautiful and I love how it ultimately looks, in solid hard wood and the colour is rich and very attractive. My one issue is with he way it attaches to the bed. I have a bed from the manufactuer that I purchased a few years ago without a headboard. I was under the impression that I could add a headboard later and it would fit into the bed without a problem. It would have fit, I suppose, with a bedframe (which the description incidently stated) but it did not indicate that it would not be compatible with other beds. My husband had to drill holes through the frame and headboard and use large screws to attach it, which leaves a bit of a gap between the bed and the headboard, but it is not a huge problem. For someone without this ability, it would have required a return. When all is said and done, we do love how it looks but just be careful and know you are ordering the correct piece.