The stools are really beautiful and comfortable but the color gray in reality is more of a taupe color. We have distressed taupe and gray floors so they look amazing but the stool's fabric definitely doesn't match up with the gray paint in the kitchen however it does provide a favorable contrast to the walls so for us the color worked out. Silver studs front and back add lots of bling! We, as other reviews stated, had to purchase longer screws for several of the stools. Out of the 4 stools, one is wobbly and even pads have not totally corrected that!