I'm a 61 year old female and I found it very easy to attach the legs to the headboard by myself using the tool provided. Although it looks substantial, the headboard was also light enough for me to carry without assistance. I did not attach it to the frame, but it is sturdy just against the wall propped up by the bed itself.The color was true to the photo, and the quality was better than I expected.Because of the reviews mentioning bed bugs, I cut open the black cloth lining and carefully examined the seams and nooks and crannies before I brought the headboard in the house. There was no sign whatsoever of creepy crawlies, and I've had it on my bed for 2 weeks with no surprises there... so that's good.For the money, I feel very pleased with this headboard. In fact, a friend was at my house and saw it and said he plans to order one for himself. If you are reading this trying to decide, I do recommend it-- with the advice that you can pull the back lining off to double check that it's free of tiny passengers.I bought the Zinus Viola full/queen and have matched it to a Zinus 18" full smart base using the full size adapter plates included with the headboard and the Zinus headboard brackets for the smart base that are sold separately. I had no issues assembling the headboard or attaching it to the smart base.Other reviews have mentioned problems connecting the headboard to a Zinus smart base, and I can only think it's either that Amazon is lumping together reviews for other headboards, or that people aren't realizing you have to order additional headboard brackets for the platform. But the combination I chose went together perfectly.Using an 18" smart base with a 10" mattress that has a 2" topper, the top of my mattress is level with the middle of a lower grey padded area of the headboard. Being a full/queen headboard, and a queen being 6" wider than a full, the headboard has about a 3" overhang to either side of the bed, which looks totally acceptable. However the Zinus headboard brackets have elongated screw slots so the headboard isn't automatically centered. You have to either measure or eyeball it before tightening it down completely. The headboard comes with screws to attach it to a bed frame that seem excessively long, but the Zinus headboard brackets also come with screws to attach it to a headboard that are still much longer than necessary but better than the ones included with the headboard.Otherwise, I find the quality to be acceptable for the price. A good bargain. During assembly, some of the metal appears bowed but seems to straighten out as everything is screwed together. The cushions appear to be filled with the sort of foam that you would find in couch cushions. Not very soft or with much give. I am curious to see how they hold up over time. But for the price I am satisfied.Very nice headboard. You have to assemble it, but the instructions are easy. Just line up the numbers and you can't mess it up. Much better product than we thought we would get at this priceBetter off as a queen.Instructions are simple to followThis was an unusual buy for me. I bought it for my son's bedroom. He's 14 and he's a lot like me. He doesn't understand why we need headboards. Of course, my wife insisted on us having one and started trying to convince him he needed one too. I like the Zinus brand, we have a King size Zinus mattress, two queens and one full. From my experience they offer a high quality product for good prices. This headboard fits that description. It was easy to put together, admittedly was a little taller than I realized it would be, it mounted easy to the Zinus frame and then my son looked at me and said, "What's it do?" I looked at him and said, "It makes your mom stop aggravating you about getting a headboard." And I told him if he convinced her he really liked it she might make his favorite meal for him. So, there you go, this is for the minimalist crowd. I'm one of you as is my son. It has a nice, neutral look to it and it doesn't take up my space. Took about 15 minutes total to put it together and mount it. And it wasn't even close to expensive. Why 5 stars for something so basic? That question answered itself. This is an excellent basic piece of furniture.Wish I would’ve seen this when I got bed frame, no more using the wall as a headboardGREAT DEAL FOR THE PRICEI was intimidated when I opened the box seemed like a small package for such a big piece of furnitureBut all you have to do is lay the pieces out and it goes together in 10 minutes w/ one personPROS-Looks great-The price and delivered to my door-easy install and assembly-everything you want from a headboard-metal frame is built very wellCons-I put it on a Queen and it is exactly as wide as the bed, personally for aesthetics I would like it to be a few inches wider to frame the bed my personal opinion but I will use it nevertheless.-The cloth material seems a little thin on padding, but good enough quality it will last for years if I treat it well. This is where they lost 1 star because I would have given it 5 if the cloth was thicker.SET UP ON - (All from Amazon)Zinus 14 Inch SmartBase Mattress Foundation / Platform Bed Frame / Box Spring Replacement / Quiet Noise-Free / Maximum Under-bed Storage, QueenWITHZinus Sleep Master Headboard Bracket, Set of 2Mattress is a knock off queen size memory foam 12+ inches thickThe setup, and build were super easy. Took 10 minutes to build the headboard. The build quality of the headboard and padding is very good. The cushions are nice and soft. My only complaint is that the screws provided to attach the headboard to my existing bed frame are far to long. I had to get out my grinder and cut 2 screws about 3/4’s of the length off. Otherwise they would of poked into my boxspring, or the wall. 5 star review if the provided screws were shorter.I have a Zinus metal bed frame that I absolutely love, which I was hoping this headboard would fit with perfectly.Not the case.They send 4” bolts to do the job that 3/4” bolts could do easily. I had to go to Home Hardware and buy new bolts and nuts because the thread on the ones supplied ends too short and doesn’t allow them to be tightened.Overall it’s a nice headboard, but this just upset me that they don’t care to send a couple different bolts or maybe even put an option as to what bolts you need upon ordering.3/5.This is a scam. It does not fit with the Zinus 14 Inch Platforma Bed Frame, and if you have another frame, you need to pay $25 dollars for a Zinus Headboard BracketThe product is good, but i have to give a very bad review because since a long time ago, the Zinus bed have a very bad design if you buy the head of the bed. Fix it!!! a lot of costumers give bad reviews for this reason.Works exactly as expected. It’s made of metal and appears to be very sturdy. No issues so far.If you read the other reviews, you will see reviews stated the bolts/screws are too long. That was the case here.If you have a similar issue, go to your local hardware store and pick up shorter bolts. I used 1/4 inch by 1 and 1/2 inch machine screws with matching 1/4 inch hex nuts. I also used lock washers in addition to the regular washers. The result was a unit unlikely to come loose. As a note, I could have used a 1 inch machine screw and it would have worked just as well. It all depends on the thickness of the bed frame and head board metals you need to attach. Measure both and you should find the length of the screws you need. Always measure before you go to the store or you will be going back for the right size screws and nuts.On the plus side, the manufacturer added a few extra spare bolts in case you lose any.For me, this was a good buy. Yes I would recommend this product.Easy to assemble, my bf and I did it within 20 mins. And easy to attach to bed frame. Lots of hardware and extra pieces. My frame width was 59inches and this was a perfect fit. I didn't use the extra brackets they sent, since my bed was a queen, I think the brackets were in case of a double bed. Seems fairly sturdy but only slept 2 nights in it so far. The colour is really nice and the padding is nice for nights where I sit up in bed reading or watching TV. Overall, super happy so far