The bench is beautiful.  It assembled easily.  It's also very comfortable and is of good quality.  The only annoyance is that the screws that hold the bottom bar on were too long and went through the side.  I read that in one review and forgot about it.  So you should either use other screws that are not as long or watch closely as you screw them in so they don't push through.  Luckily the hole it left was small (I caught it on the first one) and not noticeable - just annoying that it happened at all!!  But I'm so pleased with the way the bench looks that I'm going to ignore the screw hole!!!