Dean Charcoal California King Upholstered Panel Bed

This question is best answered from the standpoint of the construction of the bed frame. It is secured at the corners by brackets with fairly short overlap with the frame sides. As such it does not have a lot of integrity to keep the frame from torquing out of square. The 3 horizontal bars do not provide much help (slats that cross along the whole length would be better). So the box foundation, being of greater height than the bunky board and rigid, increases the stability of the frame tremendously. Too bad the beds (most are same) do not have better brackets to counter this effect. This is why the seller recommends a full box foundation (which is really another wood frame but with slats to prevent torque). You might not notice a problem until you tried to move the bed by pushing on the frame.

While purchasing these items from Living Spaces, we learned the correct terms for what we normally refer to as a "bed". A "bed" is the headboard, sideboard and sometimes footboard. The "Dean" is a bed. Your mattress and box spring (box springs are also referred to as a "foundation"), would be used with a bed like Dean or with your metal frame. So, if you have a mattress and foundation, you could use them with the Dean bed or you could use them with your metal bed frame. Hope that helps.

Nope. When you buy the Dean bed, the mattress is not included.

Yes, delivery team will assemble for you.

The second color is sand. Just search “Dean Sand Bed” and it should pop up.

You don't need one... we have one though and our bed is very high!

It’s about 6 inches from the ground to the top of the slates. I used a low profile 5” box spring. It’s about 1” lower than the bed frame which is nice since it’s hidden. I personally have a mattress that is 10” high.

Yes, you need a foundation.

Do not know. Best to ask a salesperson.

I would call it more of a light gray. Material is standard bed upholstery.