This cubby bench is awesome!  We were looking for an inexpensive yet attractive storage solution for our son's bedroom.  Our LA ranch home is pretty basic and the bedrooms are not huge.  This bench fits perfectly under the window and gives clearance for the window's plantation shutters to open.  Son stores books and shoes in it -- I'd like to put a decorative seat cushion on it but he'll have none of that.  Would look good that way, though!  Very easy to assemble.  We've now had it for over two years and it's going strong.  Great buy!