A lot lower to the ground and more futon like than I thought it would be. Very hard, you'll need pillows. It was extremely hard to get into the the package because of all the glue in the cardboard. I spent hours just trying to open the two shipments. In one shipment the moisture beads came out of their package, which were in everything else and all over my living room. I have two dogs, so I was worried about that. It took me an hour and a half just to clean up the beads.