I live on the third floor and the staircase is extremely narrow and spiraled, making it hard to get furniture up the stairs.  This couch made it up no problem since it comes in 2 boxes.  It looks just as pictured and is beautiful!  Assembly was a breeze!  It is a bit firm, but not to the point that it makes it uncomfortable.  My only complaint is that there were a lot of empty boxes packed within the main box (to maintain the shape of the outer box), and it just seemed very wasteful to me.  Overall I am extremely pleased with this purchase!