I love this headboard! As other reviews have said, it is not true grey. It has a bit of a teal-ish hue to it. All the pieces for the headboard come zipped in the back of the headboard, but that is clearly labeled to let you know! The bed is pretty intuitive to put together but the directions leave a bit to be desired to double check your intuition. The wrench that comes with it is a great little tool and its nice that you need nothing else to assemble it!  It took about an hour to build and is the perfect addition to our bedroom. The price is great as well! Because of the color not being true to the pictures and the directions being a bit difficult to follow Im giving this bed 4 stars out of 5!