We have not used this headboard much. The price was great, and we chose it to stage a bedroom in our house for selling purposes. It looks good and you can adjust the height of the headboard to your desired setting. We have high mattresses, so I adjusted the headboard to its highest point, so the numerous pillows could be propped against the headboard without losing sight of the headboard. It may or may not hold up over time. We have toddlers, so I would imagine a vinyl headboard would be quite easy to wipe off, as long as they don't jab something into it :)