Quality benches of this type are hard to find at a good price, and this bench is high quality, well crafted, and at a very good price.  The wood is sanded and very smooth.  All you have to do is attach the four legs by tightening four bolts--takes all of ~ 10 minutes to unpack and do the legs.  It is an unfinished piece but this gives you the opportunity to match the finish to other pieces in the room, something difficult to do when a factory chooses the finish instead of you. All in all I couldn't be more pleased with this bench or with Wayfair.  They processed and shipped my bench order quickly with opportunity to track my order.  The package arrived in good shape with no damage to the carton or the bench.