Bought a house with smaller bedrooms so my daughter needed something else other than her queen size bed. I looked at several trundle beds, which are expensive! This one was fairly priced but also good quality and my daughter loves it! I ended up using I believe a 10” mattress instead of the 8” as suggested. I think an 8” would leave a large gap between the mattress and the back and side rails of the bed, which we weren’t wanting. We ordered it in the beige color but it looks more like a combination of gray and beige.