After about 4 months of using this futon in my daughter's room, we discovered that it was causing her to break out in hives. We weren't able to identify what had been causing the hives over the last few months, but last night after sitting on the futon for ~1 hour my son came down itching too! We went to remove the futon cover and realized the inside fill is made of particle fill and upon touching it my husband and I began itching as well! This was initially a 5 star rating for the look but now its garbage :(