I looked for several months online for a bed like this. It is exactly what I wanted and at a price that was less than other websites. The bed is very solid and well made. Make sure you have the thicker mattress and box spring or there will be a gap between the top of the mattress & headboard. The distance between the base of the bed, where the box spring rests,  to the bottom of the headboard is about 19-20 inches.