I ordered the white bench. It's as beautiful as it is in the photo. It arrived in perfect condition, not scratches, etc. It was well packaged. I'm not a very mechanical person at all and in fact, I'm generally bad at it, but the assembly for this item was very simple. Every single item was labeled and the directions were clear. Including unboxing, it took me an hour to assemble this and again, I'm slow.  It's a very sturdy piece that has a max load of 300lbs but both my husband and I sat on it at the same time and well, we are over that together and it remains study.