This bench is very pretty. It arrived in excellent shape. The directions are wrong in a lot of spots. You really need to read through them completely first. The bench itself is great quality. It comes with a thin folded up back piece for the bench which we just left off. It looks much better without it, and allows the wall color to show through. We have 4 young children using this bench, and it holds up well. I also bought the wall unit for above, and they look very good together.