1) Upon opening the box, a tack that is strictly for looks, fell off and went straight through my husbands foot. We didnt even attempt to put it back on since I have a crawling 6 month old. 2) The instructions are wrong on one of the steps. 3) The boards dont line up at as you can see in the picture. 4) something I clearly overlooked when purchasing is that the bench only holds 50 lbs so unless I lose a ton of weight, I cant sit on this to put my shoes on when running out the door. I have this 2 stars because I do at least like the look of it but definitely am not happy with the amount it cost.