I absolutely love this. 
I actually took the picture before we finished because my daughter wanted to sit on the bench. 
I love the way this looks we will have it places in the hallway so peopl and leave there shoes and grab some socks. 
We have a new addition to the family and trying to keep as much germs off the carpet as possible. 

The bench is strong my husband is about 200 lbs and he sits comfortable on the bench. 

I love how you can open the top to store stuff. 
And then the bottom portion you can place out shoes