I gave these 4 stars bc I believe they are sturdy. The color in the picture is completely inaccurate but luckily I had read previous reviews and looked at pictures. Putting the first chair together was frustrating (took 1 hour) but once i realized the dowels in predrilled holes were not necessarily in the right spots and could be moved things moved more quickly. Definetly arrange all leg pieces before screwing anything in. Labeling was accurate. I took off one star bc one of the chairs is not level. Will try to take apart and make sure everything is in place evenly later. Right now too pooped! Suggest taping allen wrench provided to underside of chair for future retightenening.