Having purchased benches before and being happy with the quality and ease of installation, I had no problem ordering this. However in addition to having a few minor scratches (a first) that are easily repaired with my Old English Scratch cover, I had my first real problem with assembly of a Winsome product. The holes where the Cam-Lock Screws are supposed to go into are too deep. I ended up breaking one of the Cam Locks (Luckily I had excess Cam Locks of the same size from other furniture). I had to unscrew each Cam Lock Screw about 1/8 inch from where it is supposed to be countersunk. That makes me wonder about the stability of the product. As another poster had stated its probably not where you want to put soaking umbrellas either unless you place a tray underneath it to catch dripping water. However it does look nice and it matches my hallway benches.