Love love love this set! I put them together myself (woman) and would highly suggest installing the back of chair to lower base first then wrestling in the other screws to side arms. The other way around as instructions indicate was impossible to get lower back attached to base as angle does not allow screws to thread properly. First chair took me about an hour and was frustrating but second chair with modified instructions took about 15 min- no joke! The chairs are marvelous!! Sturdy and really beautiful and work great!! Highly recommend!