The chair looks exactly like it does in the photo. I feel like the chair itself looks more elegant and luxurious than the cushions. Although the cushions are very comfortable. I bought two chairs for a client's beach house deck. The client is '5 6" and had absolutely no trouble getting out of the chair as some mentioned. They actually used the footrest pillow in the chair back. We are having custom cushions made that look more upscale. But overall a very good purchase. Two of us assembled them in about ten minutes for each chair.