Better than the pictures online! It's less yellow than I expected it would be, which is great. The assembly was a breeze -- it took two adults about 1.5 hours from start to finish, but the instructions were very clear and all the parts were well labeled. Definitely easier than IKEA furniture for sure. We ordered a new 10" king memory foam mattress and it fits perfectly. I did a lot of research on beds and am really happy we landed on this one!