Nirvana Futons Cottage Style Futon Frame Only, Full Size, Satin White - Solid Wood Construction

Got this just before last Thanksgiving. Has been used as a guest bed twice, mostly used as a sofa. It does not have a typical "hey, I'm a futon!" look, but rather adds a pleasing touch to the guest room.The wood pieces are well-marked. The hardware is wrapped within an inch of its life and clearly identified in the instructions (although telling them apart was occasionally a bit tricky in the drawings.) One clever thing in the packaging is that there are strings attached to the hardware bundles that extend outside the shipping container so it is easy to see whether the bundles have, in fact, been put inside.Assembly was straightforward. We have a lot of experience in DIY furniture, so we only needed a quick glance through the instructions. Although I think the instructions were reasonably clear even for a novice, I could be overestimating that. I would HIGHLY recommend the use of a ratchet tool rather than the wimpy little Allen wrench included for assembly. There are a LOT of bolts to tighten! I expect one person could do it alone, but two people definitely is easier. One slat gave us a bit of attitudet, but it only required loosening other bolts that had been tightened too much to allow the end of the slat to engage properly. We got the version that came with drawers. On one drawer, the bottom piece had a couple of places that had been bumped and so had to be futzed with a bit to compress into the groove, but it was no big deal, and it may have gotten bumped as we were unloading the pieces rather than being already damaged.The first few times getting the futon up and down it was a bit rough, but it soon smoothed out. Because of the size and the thicker mattress we got, it's easier to do with two people, but it can be done with one if they're fairly strong. The drawers slide easily on our medium pile carpet. They are shallow, and really taper off on the ends to fit under the tilt of the frame, but work well for holding the pillows and bedding. (I have two pillows, a mattress pad, a heavy blanket, and a full set of fleece sheets in them at present.) The "storage" in the arms is a shallow cavity big enough to hold all of maybe a couple of remotes. We didn't buy it for the storage - and haven't even told our grands it is there, lest it become a place to lose toys in - but if you are counting on being able to put much of anything in there, you'll be disappointed.My one real issue is that there is no stop for the mattress, so it tends to slide forward when in the sofa position. THis probably won't be so much of an issue once the mattress isn't so new and the bend gets more entranched, but until then, it will be a pain.All in all, tremendously pleased with the purchase and look forward to many years of use.

Very nicely made queen size futon frame. This was easy to put together though the poor quality of the screws made it difficult to insert the hex wrench. Instructions were pretty clear. Fit & finish is excellent and looks very nice when completed. My advice is to spread out in a large area, arrange the parts per the instruction & double check the layout before assembling. Once assembled you do have to lift the back to remake it into a couch, can't just pull & push the seat section. No big deal but different than some futons I've had. The queen size futon mattress fits nicely. Would buy again.

I made the mistake of not reading the fine print on this futon, so I thought that it came with the pictured mattress, which is in all the pictures versus having at least one photo without the mattress to clarify things. And the price was in line with many sets that do come with mattresses, so I made a bad assumption. Now that I look back on the product info details I finally see that is says it does not come with the mattress, so read all product info before you buy! I really liked the pictured mattress, which was a big reason on why I bought this set. Now that I'm trying to find something like it, I had hoped the manufacturer's site would have a link or some available mattresses like it but no luck. However, the frame is nice and wasn't too hard to assemble, just a little time consuming. But you really should use two people to get the folding frame into the assembled frame part, though. Too awkward to do it all by yourself. It does have a cool featurein that the left and right arms open to put the TV remote control into. So now I have to find a mattress pad from anywhere from $200 to $600, bummer.

Lovely frame. Storage for remotes in arms. Nice gloss finish.

This is a scam. Buyers will be surprised to learn that all they are buying is a wooden frame crap for $600 without a mattress and pillows. This is very disappointing after spending that amount of money and waiting for about 4 months and realize that all you receive is a frame while you could have a full product or similar product elsewhere. This is highly deceptive this marketing strategy of advertizing a product and then selling half of it. Do not buy. It is not worth the price and wait.

This futon is very cute and looks nice in a room. Sadly, the angle leans you way back when you sit it is very uncomfortable. I am 5'5 and my feet aren't even close to touching the ground. I tried purchasing some pillows to support the back, but it didn't really help. It is really just an uncomfortable angle. Maybe if someone is very tall it would be a better fit.

This futon frame looks great once assembled. The directions are all in picture format which i loved bc I'm a very visual person so it was easier for me. I put it together by myself in a couple hours so 1 person can do it (good luck with the hexagonal L-shaped 2in long tool of death lol).. it is very heavy duty so you may need a 2nd person to help attach the frame to the base. Im very happy with this futon.