The bench is fabulous!  
(note: assembly instructions, as is often the case, could have been more helpful....after putting it together backwards once...!!)
The other note would be that it's a little too high for putting shoes on comfortably at our front door - so, we have had to place a stool there for people who are mobility challenged.  One family member has had back surgery and this problem was what we were trying to rectify from a bench that was too low!!