Almost 5 stars! Very beautiful. Arrived nicely packaged. There was only 2 small issues (I hope small). There were a couple small cracks at the point where two pieces of wood joined together (the front cosmetic lip to the seat part), but these were not really support areas and were on the underside. I think this was a consequence of shipping. The other was that the bench seat was not a perfect match to the support ledger in the back and there were no pre-drilled holes for the underside back part. In other words, the back side of the seat part lays on top of a ledger to support the back part of the bench. The wood was slighly warped so that the alignment of the bench to the ledger was off. Just hoping weight is distributed evenly enough to not really make a difference. Two heavier men have sat on it with no problem  so far.