Solid hardwood and well engineered. The center support is steet with two metal legs for additional support. I got this to support a very heavy adjustable base and a 200 lb king size hybrid memory foam mattress on top. The company selling the mattress stressed you needed a frame with good center support or the one year mattress trial would be void. Well this is the right frame for that. I am not mechanically inclined but was able to put it together by myself at a leisurely rate in less than 2 hours. Assembling this was the complete opposite of putting together anything from Ikea. I researched the wood and it is the strongest most dense wood. The British empire used it to build ships. And the way this is designed and supported theres just no way this is falling apart. Looks great and got it to me in 2 days. Could not have done it that fast from a local furniture store. If I saw this in the store I would have expected to pay three times the price. Was delivered to in front of my garage. I just pushed it inside and unboxed it there. I was able to take it upstairs one piece at a time and assemble it with ease. Looks great and I am proud of the purchase decision every time I look at it. Save me time money and is by far my best purchase ever.
My best purchase ever
Solid hardwood and well engineered. The center support is steet with two metal legs for additional support. I got this to support a very heavy adjustable base and a 200 lb king size hybrid memory foam mattress on top. The company selling the mattress stressed you needed a frame with good center support or the one year mattress trial would be void. Well this is the right frame for that. I am not mechanically inclined but was able to put it together by myself at a leisurely rate in less than 2 hours. Assembling this was the complete opposite of putting together anything from Ikea. I researched the wood and it is the strongest most dense wood. The British empire used it to build ships. And the way this is designed and supported theres just no way this is falling apart. Looks great and got it to me in 2 days. Could not have done it that fast from a local furniture store. If I saw this in the store I would have expected to pay three times the price. Was delivered to in front of my garage. I just pushed it inside and unboxed it there. I was able to take it upstairs one piece at a time and assemble it with ease. Looks great and I am proud of the purchase decision every time I look at it. Save me time money and is by far my best purchase ever.