Very lovely, expensive looking bench! The legs are behind a velcro panel inside the bench part, which makes a nice, organized package when you unpack it. The bench is protected on all sides by styrofoam panels inside the cardboard shipping box, so it all arrived in perfect shape even though the cardboard box had been dented. The color is unfortunately more of a true "cream" than I had hoped. I have the white tufted leather headboard from Great Offer Stock (which is really off-white) and was hoping the bench at the foot of my bed would match but it's definitely a yellow-cream like French Vanilla icecream as someone else said. I still love the bench though so will put it somewhere else.