I was very pleased with the chairs. They are just as they were described. I opened the first box to start assembly, and there were no directions in the box. We opened another box, and it had directions.  I did have a problem putting them together, especially the front legs. There were no directions on which leg went on which side. But, by the time I got to the last chair, I had it all figured out, and it didn't take as long to assemble them.