The assembly instructions are not helpful but luckily it's pretty self explanatory. I put the washers up in the front of the chair but not sure if that's correct. As for the quality of the chair, it's a beautiful color but a little darker than expected. I've had this chair now for 4 days and it's already buckling where it will shifts one side to another which is not ideal for a new chair. There is additionally no back support really but it's the perfect height for when I want my neck to rest backwards. I'm 5'3 for reference. Lastly, for those people who want to kick back and rest their feet up on the desk, this chair does not have any give in the back side so essentially, the "kick back and relax" activity may have to be done on another chair. I think the price is great so all in all, you get what you pay for!