This bench is just great. The world is a nice quality and is sturdy.  I have worked in many higher end furniture businesses and I would say this bench is similar in quality to any of those from much more expensive manufacturers. Of course, there was no selection of interesting fabric. But, we were able to recover the seat with a designer fabric and still have the price be less than other manufacturers. Not only that, but furniture deliveries are running 6 to 9 months at this time and we have a custom bench now that only took a little over a month including the time it spent at the upholsterer shop. I called that a good value no matter how you look at it!