Love the look of this bench, and it's exactly what we were looking for, material, color, size, functionality, and appearance. The only downside was the assembly. The directions were not very clear, and this had to disassembled mid-way to be repeated to avoid pieces being backward. My husband assembled this, and trust me, he's a cautious, read-all-the-directions-before-starting, do-it-right-the-first-time kind of guy. Now that it's together, we are happy with it.