This bench is a fun complement to the dining set. Major cons with assembly though — I put it together myself which would not have been an issue; however important pieces were missing (thankfully I had), and the instructions were terribly misleading. At one point, I genuinely thought my item was defective and I considered returning it. Thankfully, I’m not one to give up and after disassembling the base and reassembling it  intuitively, it worked out. Super frustrating.