It's a great futon with beautiful wood and construction.  The only issue we had was the construction piece; a couple of your instructions were either backwards or wrong.  For example, it tells you to put the top half of futon in place first (aligning with grooves), then tighten sides, and finally put lower futon base in place. This only works if the sides of futon are open--which the style we purchased isn't. That caused a lit of extra work and eventual body pain.