I love the look of this storage bench. It was kind of a pain to put together because the instructions are really vague.  We actually had to take some of it apart because we had the panels on backwards.  Pretty frustrating and added a good 45 minutes to our assembly time.  But the finished product is really beautiful and has lots of storage. It seems pretty sturdy too. And it's not too wide where it gets in the way of foot traffic.  If you have big shoes they actually might not fit in bench widthwise.  My husband wears a size 12 and they just barely fit widthwise.  You could always put them in long ways, but maybe not as space efficient.  Either way it ended up working out for me.