The item description says that this piece is made out of "solid" wood and some "manufactured" wood. There is not one single piece of solid wood anywhere.  Save the metal black bar, it is completely made of wood composite making it look and feel cheap. There are putty marks all over to try and cover nail holes so the whole bench is dotted with yellow. The "cottage finish" means that you will get splinters from the rough texture of the composite. Because a return would be so expensive we are going to try and sand it down and refinish it. This bench has made me seriously reconsider every purchasing from WayFair again because the description for the item was so far off the mark.