It's exactly how it looks like in the photo.  It's sturdy and took us around an hour to assemble it.  There are enough supports/slats to ensure it does not break down no matter how much kids jump on the bed.  This product is good and worth the money (actually, something like this in showrooms worth a couple of hundreds more).  I was just not happy on the delay of the delivery (9 days) even if I paid extra for a delivery upgrade.