We love this bed, but we had to make a few adjustments to make it work:
1. Color--It says espresso, but the picture's mahogany color. It's actually gorgeous mahogany wood stained a dark espresso (darker than the picture). It looks almost black with a hint of brown & smooth grain showing through. Looks dark & rich with nice satin finish. (Solid wood frame but flimsy platform slats)
2. Bad Center Support!--It's a short, lightweight piece of wood that runs down the middle of the bed but doesn't connect to anything! It has three legs you screw in, but our bed moved around on our wood floors, and the legs popped out. Then, we weren't even moving, and the center support fell over! We bought rubber gripper coasters for furniture & that seems to work. You have to have the center support or it sags instantly. With the support, the 14 slats seem to hold it fine.
3. Assembly--wasn't bad with two of us (could have done it myself), but we only had about half the screws, and a lot of the holes didn't line up, esp on the center support. We added our own.
4. Height--It's higher than I thought. We didn't use a boxspring, and it was still normal height. It's not high or anything--it's just not low (beware if you have kids that fall out & wood floors!).
5. Seems sturdy now & we love the color. We mixed & matched it with our queen headboard, and it looks great--better than any other higher-priced beds we looked at.