I purchased this to go with a full size bed and I didn't expect it to be so much bigger than the bed. My daughter who is a teen wanted to build it herself and she did so with very little help so that should show its not hard to put up, but it is time consuming. I wanted to give it to my son who has a queen sized bed and get another full sized headboard for my daughter, but she immediately had her brothers put it in her room and she set the thing up with all her stuff. She absolutely loves this headboard. I like the look of it myself, but I wish it wasn't so long. I really should have measured!! Anyways its a pretty good headboard for the money and looks really nice. If you are buying it for a full size bed you may just want to get out the measuring tape so you can see how much its going to stick out.
