Overall the bench is nice. There was a dent on one of the bench lids but since it is on the under side it does not show,  so I'm not going through the trouble of sending it back for that. Where the bench seats connect together at middle corner, they don't connect very tightly so if you move it, it pulls away a little from where they connect,  not sure why. I followed the instructions very carefully. The thing i was most unhappy with was the delivery!! The box was damaged terribly and busted out on one end and someone tried to be tape it back but did a very poor job of doing so....thank goodness there were no parts missing and the wood work was not damaged.