I had high hopes for this bed and unfortunately after waiting two months for delivery, sadly I was disappointed. This bed is not designed to be a platform bed as Wayfair described. As a matter-of-fact, if you go to the manufacturer's website they don't even offer a platform version of any of their beds. There are slats that come with the bed, but they are so low (I believe to place a box spring on) that your mattress comes to the top of the side rail. The slats are cheap and are not even secured to the bed frame and set too far apart, they cannot support a latex or foam mattress. Other than that the bed is well made and the velvet is beautiful. The design in particular also does not look like the picture which shows a very peaked top, the headboard is much flatter on the top than what is pictured. Wayfair handled the return fairly well, but I am left awaiting a new order for something similar from a different website.