This stool is beautiful and true to the look and color. If only the assembly would have been as graceful as the chair, itself. Upon first glance, the steps for assembly should not have taken more than a few minutes to complete. However, the holes for the bolts weren't lined up properly so it took a great deal of tightening and loosening over and over again, just to get them in proper alignment; and even then, one of the sides of my base is still slightly looser than the other side; which calls it's stability into question but I'm hoping that it proves to be minor. The instructions are also incomplete. Each leg and foot rest has different sized holes on each side of them and there is no mention as to which size hole faces which direction. I had to apply logic to the way I thought it would make sense but not everyone will be as tuned in to construction one-o-one like I am. Anyway, the chairs are beautiful but the assembly was frustrating and took entirely too much time.