I'm not as pleased with this bench as I thought I would have been.  The bench was very cumbersome to put together.  The screws do not fit for the seat.  One side of the seat portion was not pre-drilled, and the area where the screw should have gone in had a knot in the wood.  I did not feel like packing the bench up and sending back due to all the work involved in putting it together.  It is more for curb appeal than use.