Love this so much. Always wanted a hall tree, but the price for one was too much. This is perfect for our place where we don't have a hall closet to hang coats. We've got kids so shoes end up everywheres usually and this just hides them away. Really sturdy too. My husband put it together with my help every now and then. Only issue we came across was when we put the top half on the bench a piece from the backing kept sliding over and exposing screws. Took a few tries to fix.