I should have returned this bench the moment I opened it. 2 of the end boards were already peeling and cracked, but my boys really wanted to build it. They stopped after step 3 because one of the screw holes wasn’t even in the board. So the whole bottom face, is barely hanging on. Luckily it’s a piece that rests on the ground and is for aesthetics only. Once built it is cute, but for the price I paid it should have been a much nicer piece of furniture. For 4 kids tossing shoes in it, it will be ok for now. But had I known the quality I wouldn’t have spent more than $70 on it