Attractive as this  bench  looks it was 85% assembly free or easy too put together the last 15 more present was not lining up with screws holes for the legs and the braces for the legs that were the  Drillbit and tape measure comes in the play ten inches from the bottom that  touches the ground to the top of the panel bored and 15 inches extended from outside board of the legs will give you even sitting for the boards