I bought this piece to replace a faux leather storage bench that sits at the foot of my bed and serves as a booster so my two small dogs can hop up. The thin "pleather" surface of that unit had given way over time and pulled away from the seams. This unit is listed as "leather", not "bonded leather" or any of the other euphemisms for not genuine leather, so I thought it would be more hardy. This piece appears to be bonded leather, albeit thicker than my last. I am disappointed in that but I do like the looks of it so I'll keep it and hope for the best, but the listing needs to be updated to reflect actual materials.