Okay, so, the good first. Looks exactly as advertised, and surprisingly sturdy for a build it yourself bed. Literally no complaints with the quality of it so far. Now onto the bad. First, it's about a foot too BIG, in that I have a king mattress, I bought the king frame, and there's a big gap between the mattress and the footboard/headboard (you can choose which part has the gap, we have personally chose to put the gap at the bottom because pillows sliding down to the floor is stupid -- that's the whole reason we wanted a headboard in the first place). I only took 1 star off for this because in the winter when I have 5 quilts piled on the bed, I bet that gap disappears at the bottom. I still think it's a bad design choice though, and I can confirm I didn't get a defective frame because other reviews mention the same thing. The other con, but I didn't take any stars off for this, is that my husband keeps forgetting the footboard is there (on account of it being comically low), so every morning I wake up to OH MY GOD OW THIS BED IS THE DEVIL, IT JUST BROKE MY KNEE AGAIN! Hahaha, I feel so bad for him but after spending nearly $400 and assembling this very pretty frame, I refuse to return it just because he insists on fighting the footboard with his knees.
Sturdy, Pretty Frame
Okay, so, the good first. Looks exactly as advertised, and surprisingly sturdy for a build it yourself bed. Literally no complaints with the quality of it so far. Now onto the bad. First, it's about a foot too BIG, in that I have a king mattress, I bought the king frame, and there's a big gap between the mattress and the footboard/headboard (you can choose which part has the gap, we have personally chose to put the gap at the bottom because pillows sliding down to the floor is stupid -- that's the whole reason we wanted a headboard in the first place). I only took 1 star off for this because in the winter when I have 5 quilts piled on the bed, I bet that gap disappears at the bottom. I still think it's a bad design choice though, and I can confirm I didn't get a defective frame because other reviews mention the same thing. The other con, but I didn't take any stars off for this, is that my husband keeps forgetting the footboard is there (on account of it being comically low), so every morning I wake up to OH MY GOD OW THIS BED IS THE DEVIL, IT JUST BROKE MY KNEE AGAIN! Hahaha, I feel so bad for him but after spending nearly $400 and assembling this very pretty frame, I refuse to return it just because he insists on fighting the footboard with his knees.