The bench is beautiful, darker than the picture though which was odd but fine. One piece was cracked but used it anyway, the wood dowels were useles some were cracked in half or too small, there’s a big gap because of this and some of the holes did not align. I assembled anyway to see the finished product as I had gotten far and it’s ok. Lots of problems with it but I’ll keep it. Too much trouble to send back and wait for another to be delivered.