This glider bench was a bit underwhelming.  The description stated that it had purposeful distressing to make it look like an older piece (which I like) but this was not.  Its just a flat black finish.  It is also fairly narrow and small so if you are of a larger persuasion I would venture that you would not be very comfortable sitting in this.  I weigh 150 and I can feel it bend when I sit on it.  It was fairly easy to put together.  Took me about an hour but you need to be able to problem solve because the instructions are a bit lacking.  All the parts were there which is good but the screw caps are plastic and for the ones that didnt immediately pop off I would think arent going to last very long out in the Florida sun.  I decided instead to dab silicon over the ends of the screws to keep them from rusting.  It is still a cute piece and looks good as yard ornamental.  Perhaps a nice bench for the mailman to sit packages but thats about it.