The Hillsdale Furniture Dennery Bar Stool is comfortableto sit it. Putting it together was a bit of a challenge. The instructions were not clear on a couple of pieces. I did have to take a piece off at the beginning because it was the wrong one. After that things went smoothly until I had to screw the seat on. There are no holes drilled out for the wood screw. There is a thin material on the bottom of the seat. The wood is more like a pressboard material so i had to be careful qhen putting the screws in. I ended up using some wood glue to make sure that they would hold. After all of that, the stool has been nice to sit in. Its not to high for a shorter person like myself to use. The seat is firm and doesn't feel like it will break down too qyick from use. The wood is solid exceptfor the seat part. The color is a nice rich dark brown. Overall I'mplease with thisbar stool.