This might sound a very obvious thing todo, but, read the assembly instructions, we glanced at them and attempted to fit the armrests on with the padded section on the outside. An extremely laborious and taxing task taking quite a while then of course undoing half an hours work to disassemble it all then redo in the correct manner. Eventually when finished the chairs have proved to be aesthetically pleasing, as well as being extremely 
comfortable, and well worth all the self induced hassle we had in constructing  them. To be recommended.



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