The bench arrived 4 days after it was supposed to. When it did I was really impressed by not only how beautiful it was, but the aromatic smell of fresh cut acacia or pine wood. My reasons for 3 stars, instead of 4 or 5 was because of the assembly. What should have been a straight forward easy assemble (4 pieces with provided tools), was a nightmare! It took me nearly 2 hours to put the bench together because only one of the pegs was misaligned. I had to take the bench apart several times and reassemble it before I realized it wasnt user error (made sure to strictly follow the Ikea looking instructions... another nightmare). The peg and the adjoining hole were off by at least a centimeter. I was scared Id have to return it or crack the bench, because nothing seemed to work!! I FINALLY managed to get the pieces to stick, but not without a lot of manipulation!! I hope no one can see that the screws stick out a little bit more on one side of the bench.