Splinters everywhere! This bench is very poorly finished, you need to sand it down and wear gloves when assembling. Not ideal for resting your bare bottom while in the shower! I should have returned it but didn't realize just how bad it was until I was almost done putting it together. Also, the bottom shelf arrived damaged. While the company was terrific, sent me a replacement immediately, I had to sand that down too and now I need to deal with cleaning up after sanding. Not a great deal!!