The bed feels sturdy and looks nice! We are turning our second guest room into a nursery and did not want to lose our office to keep a second guest room. The Murphy bed was the perfect solution to add in our office.  Assembly took a couple hours and the instructions are pretty easy to follow. It is definitely a two person job to assemble. Our mattress is 13 inches thick, which is an inch thicker than recommended. We have another mattress that is 14 inches we tried, but it did not close completely. This is the perfect product to conserve pace and the bed is very easy to pull down and push up. I really recommend this product!