Bench is heavy,good solid wood and long enough to seat 3 comfortably. i love it! i wish i would of bought 2 ,but i already had several chairs. i do plan on painting it white one day but for now,it is perfect. it was easy to put legs on and took maybe 5 minutes to finish. however it did come with writing on top of the bench( in pen) ,it looked like someone played hangman on it- after several attempts to erase,a magic eraser finally did the trick,now it is perfect!