I purchased 2 of these for my mud room to sit on 2 different walls. It took my very handy husband a couple of hours to assemble each one of these but he is very meticulous so I know they were put together well. When he finished one and put it in the house I was shocked at how SHORT it looked. Unfortunately, I only considered the width before ordering because based on the photos it certainly looked tall enough (my bad). I felt like it was made for toddlers and all their little preschool stuff not my teenagers and all of their big stuff. Needless to say, disassembling it and returning it wasnt a thrilling option so I let it sit there in the room and I looked at it for a few days. It is a sturdy enough bench seat, just dont sit back or youll hit your head! It also is 95% black paint with little to no distress which I wanted, but its fine. So after rereading reviews I found one person who said something about adding a vase or something to add height. So I tried that when I found some narrow, tall baskets at Pottery Barn and cubby hole baskets at Target that fit perfectly and I now have to say I like them enough to keep and will use them...both, as my husband put together the second one. So I gave 3 stars for being shorter than the picture leads you to believe and really NO distressing. But Id give 5 stars for overall look in the end
Surprise! Its a little short!!
I purchased 2 of these for my mud room to sit on 2 different walls. It took my very handy husband a couple of hours to assemble each one of these but he is very meticulous so I know they were put together well. When he finished one and put it in the house I was shocked at how SHORT it looked. Unfortunately, I only considered the width before ordering because based on the photos it certainly looked tall enough (my bad). I felt like it was made for toddlers and all their little preschool stuff not my teenagers and all of their big stuff. Needless to say, disassembling it and returning it wasnt a thrilling option so I let it sit there in the room and I looked at it for a few days. It is a sturdy enough bench seat, just dont sit back or youll hit your head! It also is 95% black paint with little to no distress which I wanted, but its fine. So after rereading reviews I found one person who said something about adding a vase or something to add height. So I tried that when I found some narrow, tall baskets at Pottery Barn and cubby hole baskets at Target that fit perfectly and I now have to say I like them enough to keep and will use them...both, as my husband put together the second one. So I gave 3 stars for being shorter than the picture leads you to believe and really NO distressing. But Id give 5 stars for overall look in the end