I love this bench-besides a fantastic price, it matches the wood and hardware of our family room perfectly- now I can hide some of the down throws my kids always seem to need when they're hanging out. Luckily my husband is very good with tools and such because putting it together was quite a challenge- he essentially had to toss the directions - perhaps the person writing those should have one delivered to his house and then have to assemble it like the rest of us/ or better yet-send it to his/her parents or a sibling- they are pretty useless when the pieces don't fit- but my husband prevailed and I now have a gorgeous bench!!!