I think this is a beautiful day bed. We got a 10  inch mattress on it and although I think they recommend 6 inch, the 10 inch is totally fine. I see us having it forever. One thing I did not like was putting it together. It wasn't complicated but the holes didn't line up well and had to be scraped a bit for the screw to thread and catch. So I would say that could be very annoying. But we figured it out.