I love the look of this bench and the picture does not do it justice. However they're directions do not match what's needed it stated I need large wood dowels however you only need 4 not six like in the directions. I had to go to the hardware store and by extra ones to find out that they weren't even needed. Then on the right side of the bench the short end piece were no drilled holes for the dowels. This bench took way longer to put together considering I had to go buy dowels that was not needed and I had to drill holes that were missing. It did not go together and I was very frustrated at the of such a simple design should have taken 10 minutes to put together. I don't suggest anyone get this bench if you don't have the proper tools to make the corrections needed in order to properly put it together.