PERFECTION...I could not be happier.   This headboard is beautifully constructed.   It is higher than the headboard that was part of the bedroom suite and it updates the room wonderfully.   It is my first upholstered headboard and I know that I will update the other beds now.   The color is not as dark or vibrant as "wine", it is close to "cranberry".   It is exactly the width of the queen size bed.   My husband put it together and said it wasn't difficult to do, nor was it difficult to attach to the bed frame.  The whole process took about an hour and most of that was moving the furniture!   After a lifetime of cold wooden headboards this has a wonderful feeling of warmth and comfort.