It is lucky that my fiance is handy because this bench was not easy to assemble.  He ended up having to drill the holes bigger in this bench to assemble it and it took him a lot longer to put together than he anticipated.  The look of the bench is really nice but as far as sitting on it, the weight limit on it is 180 pounds so my fiance who is 6'5" and over 200 lbs cannot even sit on this bench to put on his shoes.