Let me start this out by saying I really like this bed. It is the first bed I've ever purchased and was skeptical at first. The fact that you can use it without a mattress without a box spring is a huge bonus and a savings of money. The down side to my purchase was it did not come with all of the pieces needed to assemble the bed. I ended up having to go to Home Depot and buying wood to completely assemble my bed on my own. The piece that I was missing was one of the wooden pegs that support the middle support beam that runs down the middle of the frame of the bed. Although not a huge issue and was able to fix it myself, it was disappointing that I paid for a bed that did not come with all of the necessary pieces.