I got this as a special sale, otherwise I would be pretty annoyed with the construction, quality, and size. It was easy enough to assemble, but when we put our mattress on the cheap wooden slats and laid on top of it, the slats immediately started breaking. So we took them off and just put our basic metal bed frame and box spring within the wooden frame, which works well enough. But the biggest problem is that the bed frame is a good 6 inches too long, and 2-3 inches too wide on each side for our standard king size mattress. Which means that we are constantly banging our shins up when we walk by because you just don't realize that something is going to be sticking out of the bed that low. In the end, I'm going to take it apart and try to find a way to salvage the headboard at least because it is attractive -- just not at all functional for us.