I am not new to purchasing furniture online. Nor am I new to putting together furniture. Felt this bench looked a bit small and cheap. Not the easiest piece of furniture to put together, and it didn't help that one of the arm pieces did not have the dowel holes punched. Worst part was that the sealed packaging included a homemade knife/shank type thing that my 5-year old son found when we were unpacking the bench in our driveway.