We love the bench. It's narrow and small enough to fit in our hallway, but comfortable to sit on. And it hides shoes and purses well. I'm so glad we found this bench. It was easy to put together (though the diagrams were a little confusing). Just be careful when you're screwing the screws in because the wood in one of the panels split slightly because I turned the screw too tight, so that was unfortunate. We just gorilla glued it.