It is a nice looking bench but is definitely more for decorative purposes no to sit on. I was offered a discount instead of a new one because I admittedly didn't open the box for 2 months because it was a gift for my mom but didn't want to take it out and hide it from her. Bad move on my part should've checked to see if it was broken. I'll try to fix it but still ends up costing me over 55 bucks for with the discount for a broken item.