We had the furniture on hold for a while prior to having delivered; we received the furniture about two weeks ago March 3rd ish. The furniture looks nice and is very comfortable. The mechanism for lifting the foot rest is spring loaded; you pull a small plastic switch and it disengages the foot rest so it pops out. You have to lean back into the chair to raise foot rest into most upward position (no arm to pull foot rest into position). When you want to put the foot rest down you have to push down with your legs and kick it back into place so that it catches on the release. (terrible design) my wife cannot get the foot rest back into place while sitting in the chair. My wife ordered the furniture without me being present; I would have never agreed to purchasing this furniture based on this alone. As stated earlier we have had the furniture for a couple weeks and the chair that I sit in is already showing signs of the padding breaking down where you sit (sagging down where I sit) I weigh 220 and it is hard to believe that the cushioning is already showing signs of breaking down. I hate to see what this furniture is going to look like in a year. We would return this furniture if they let us.