I love this bench.  It looks exactly the picture, it has soft-close hinges, and the only thing I had to do to assemble it was screw in the feel.  It looks great and holds a lot without taking up a lot of floor space (it's long, not wide, so it fits along a narrow hallway.
It is not sturdy, so anybody who's going to sit on it more than briefly should be child-size/weight.  But it's fairly comfortable seating for an overflow crowd.  I'm thinking seriously of getting another one just because it holds a lot (of yarn) and it's so pretty.