I do love this piece.  I saved and waited for almost 2 years before I decided to purchase a fairly large piece of furniture over the internet.  This was my first time buying something like this sight unseen and Im for the most part very pleased! I give it 4 stars because, and maybe Im a little picky, but it leans and we had to fiddle with spacers to adjust the back and level it out. And its just a pain, cause they shift, no matter what you try to use, and you have to have 2 people readjust it again cause its so heavy...you see where Im going with this  Anyway, the mechanism for the bench lid gets stuck when the lid is fully open at times, like it gets misaligned and then the seat doesnt close all the way. But again, fiddling with it, opening and closing it all the way usually resets it. So just dont open the seat all the way, (or maybe its just my piece), either way I bought it on sale and overall I love it!