It helps us hide our guest bed when not in use, looks lovely, not a big fan of the handles, may replace those. It took around 4 hours to put together with my amazingly knowledgeable contractor husband, it would have taken a bookkeeper like me forever! It is pretty inexpensive compared to other Murphy Bed models I searched for, so you get what you pay for in quality. My only real bummer about this product, is the fact that I had to add leg weights underneath the mattress towards the bottom of the bed (where your feet would be when laying down on the bed) to keep the bed from lifting off the floor when in the open position (the jacks make it very easy to close and open, so they lift the bed a little from the floor when in the open position). Perhaps the bed won't need the weights when the linens are on it... we shall see! Otherwise, I think it's worth the money!