Although we had much trouble with the shipment (after waiting for 2 weeks, we were notified that the bed was lost), the bed looks gorgeous. Since the item was lost in shipment, we were offered a free assembly if we were to re-order the item.  Assemblers put the headboard backward. That was disappointing but we were able to fix that ourselves. Aside from little misfortunes with the services, the bed turned out to be perfect for us.