The chairs are beautiful and easy to assemble (at least the first one was easy - I ordered six, and I didn't have any problems lining up the holes and the screws, unlike what some other reviewers experienced).  I ordered the steel blue velvet and it looks beautiful in my dining room.  Fair warning, though -- the leg color is described as "espresso" but it's so dark that I believe it's black.  The customer service rep I contacted explained that the color is so dark brown as to be close to black, but I'm still convinced it's black.  It's going to cost me almost $200 to return them so I probably will just deal with it, because the blue is lovely.  It's comfortable too, which I was relieved to find, as I was anxious about buying a chair that I didn't have the opportunity to test out before ordering.