Brilliant quality and very easy to put together by myself. However, this most defintely does not fit 8 pairs of shoes unless you have tiny feet. Now whilst I am a size 8, and therefore do have big feet, I expected to fit 6 pairs max and I was very disappointed to find I could only fit 5 shoes on each shelf, therefore only 4 pairs for the whole bench. I do feel cheated to be honest as I planned my room, designing this to be the perfect home for my shoes but now I have to have them elsewhere too. I honestly wouldn’t have minded if it fit 6 pairs instead of 8, as that’s understandable but 4? I definitely would not have paid £70 odd pound for it if I knew it would only fit half as many as advertised. However, it’s still a 3 because the quality and comfort of seat is brilliant and it was easy to build.