This futon is attractive, but took 3+ hours to put together and was missing several dowels and had a stripped screw in the hardware. In addition, there are some dings, dents and nicks on the wood of the futon itself--I assume these are defects that occurred during manufacturing, but for this price I expected somewhat better quality. Overall, though, comfortable to sit and lie on, and nice looking. Make sure you have two people to put it together, though, and a good amount of time in which to do so.