I love the table and chairs because they are big and sturdy. The bench is perfect for my children when we do school work and we also store all of their school work and our mail inside the bench since it is a seat with storage.  I didn’t give this table 5 stars only because the table scratches easily and I had to put oil on the metal pieces inside the opening of the bench as they started squeaking just a couple of months in. Oil did the trick.