This item is not as high quality as it appeared.  It is not a solid wood slab and does not appear to be natural wood.  Holes in the wood "grain" are filled with what appears to be plastic filler.  The design of the legs was made by someone who does not do their own cleaning -- difficult to clean.  The bench was packed in a material that was extremely dirty--there was a lot of rust colored dust so it had to be cleaned before it was assembled. Not siked about having breathed it.  It is very heavy/heavy duty (hard to get out of the box!) and the assembly was pretty easy although the holes did not line up as they should.