I believe I built this to spec from the original plans without much deviation using higher-grade pine boards (straight and not too many knots). It took an afternoon to build. I primed then painted with 3 coats of "Mocha" paint. There are 3 antique bronze hooks which are hard to see, but go well. The biggest challenge was finding baskets to fit, after the fact. I happened to get lucky with baskets for the bottom bench, but never did find anything to fit the top, at least in the way I envisioned. I wish I'd have located a set of baskets first, then measured and built the bench and shelf to suit the baskets. The bottom baskets actually stick out the back of the bench by about 3/4". Any rectangular baskets I found for the shelves seemed to stick out the front a couple inches. I highly recommend getting your baskets FIRST, then adjusting your measurements to accomodate them.
