I love the bench, but my husband doesn't love it quite as much as I do. The quality is great, he's just isn't thrilled with the overall style of the bench.  We're still trying to decide whether or not we're going to return them.  I guess you can say we're still "sitting on the fence" instead of sitting on the bench.  I do really like it though, and like I said, it's a quality piece of furniture.