Usually I can rely on the photos.  Not this time.  This futon is a generic futon.  I have bad knees so even though the instructions say not to, we are going to put blocks under its arms to make it higher.  I find the mattress cushion too soft.  I am almost on the floor when I sit in it and when I get that low, I have to get major help to get up.  We are average at putting things together.  It took hours for us to figure out how to construct this futon.