This bench is perfect except for the color.  It is really mauve (pale mauve, but mauve nevertheless).  It looks a bit odd with my ivory sofa, but it would be a pain to return, so we will keep it.  It is well-made and useful.  It is light-weight, which is a bonus because I could carry it up the stairs by myself (I am a small woman).  I wish they would have offered color choices.  I learned a lesson about ordering something so big without a fabric swatch...