I’m so disappointed with these chairs because they are absolutely gorgeous, but as soon as I sat on them I got splinters. We have a matching table and the chairs for some reason don’t have the same coating the table does. It’s just the stained wood. We love the way they look, but we don’t want to get a splinter every time we sit on them so we’re trying to figure out a solution. I’m afraid to sand them, cause it will take away the stain and I don’t want to put a cushion on them cause it will take away from the beauty. Grrrr.... only thing I can think of would be to find out what they used on the table to give it that coating and do the same to the chairs. Hopefully the makers will see this review and maybe reach out to me with a solution?