This is a solid, and well-built piece, with hinged lids that will stay open on their own until you shut them again.  It's comfortable to sit on and the storage is ample enough that it's going to replace our ugly bedroom hampers and laundry baskets!  As others have noted, the color is much more tweedy than it appears in the picture, with blue-gray and beige threads in it, though the overall effect is still of a mottled heather gray.  There were a couple of stray threads at the back and a bit of a factory smell when it arrived, but no other flaws or concerns.