My wife wanted to buy similar stools from a major retailer that cost 3 times as much.  We ordered (3) and she was very pleased with the style and quality of the stools.  We use them at our kitchen island (the counter top is 36" high and these stools are perfect height).  Assembly was pretty easy (I did make one mistake on the first stool I assembled.  When screwing the dowel into the bottom - I had the dowel spun in the wrong orientation and the long wood screw went clean through the leg and out the other side - oops).  Considering the cost, the chairs seem quite sturdy to me.  Some feet may need to be leveled to eliminate minor uneveness - we used adhesive felt pads.