I originally gave this five stars because it is heavy and attractive but then others looked at it and said the weathering looked weird. And then all I could see was oddly spaced black marks on the brown wood and thought about returning it. I have other items with the fake weathering but this bench, in my opinion, doesn’t pull it off in this color.  I ended up covering it with a bolt of material to hide the top because of the black marks. So I am keeping it because it is  too heavy and hard to send back and the marks are now hidden.