I 100% would not recommend or buy this bench again. My first reaction was that it wasn't worth the price tag, my husband probably could have built it from wood in the backyard. The stain was a nice color but it looked a little unfinished, like it needed a finishing coat of something. The worst part of all was the SMELL of the stain, nauseating. Kept it outside for 2 weeks, and the smell still wouldn't go away. I ended up putting a coat of poly on it to finish it off, and try to lock the smell of the stain in. Well it did work, the poly smell wore off after a day or two and the stain smell subsided. I would have returned this, but it was just too bulky of an item to deal with shipping back. That all being said, now that it's finally in, it is the right size and does look nice in my entryway. But it was not worth the hassle.