It's huge. I paid someone to assemble it, because of the size, weight, and number of parts...well worth it. Feels solid. It's a futon couch, which means the cushion is ultra firm and the back is tall. The drawers aren't attached, they're on little wheels. The flip-up side tables are small but they'll hold your beer. Took some practice learning to open/close it--mainly because the futon is heavy and stiff and makes it difficult for one small person to lift the back all the way up to vertical. But we open it out every couple months for visitors so we've got it figured out. The platform legs are just loosely screwed to top of sofa back so you have to manually make sure they're in place when you open up the bed. We use an inflated mattress on top because (a) the platform is low which is a pain for tall people, and (b) we just figured it's more comfortable for extended stays. Overall, we're happy.