Cute bed for my teen daughter, fairly easy to assemble (she and her friends did it). She has an 8 memory foam/gel mattress and separate topper (also purchases) but the headboard sits high on its leg posts, so there is a pretty significant gap between base and bottom of headboard without a box spring. We will be adding a box spring on top of the wood slats to offset this. Easy enough fix, but just heads up, if your mattress isnt super thick, you may need to add something else to raise it up to meet the headboard or trim down the headboard legs.
If your mattress is under 10 use a box spring
Cute bed for my teen daughter, fairly easy to assemble (she and her friends did it). She has an 8 memory foam/gel mattress and separate topper (also purchases) but the headboard sits high on its leg posts, so there is a pretty significant gap between base and bottom of headboard without a box spring. We will be adding a box spring on top of the wood slats to offset this. Easy enough fix, but just heads up, if your mattress isnt super thick, you may need to add something else to raise it up to meet the headboard or trim down the headboard legs.