Overall this is a great bench. Beautiful but I thought it was going to be just a slight bit heavier duty.  My husband is scared to sit on it with me even though it says it’s for up to 450 lbs and he is not overweight lol !! I would definitely recommend as long as you don’t have over weight people who like to just plop themselves down lol . Or a Griup fulmnof heavy kids who would try to all squeeze on . It’s got a real nice look and feel . The color is beautiful and it really does look like it’s aged wood . I’d buy it again . I just can’t give it 5 stars because I’m not sure how long it will last with my 5 kids being rambunctious. I feel like the 450 mark is if they sit down nicely on it and don’t give any extra force .