I was very pleased with these counter height rush barstools.  The quality is excellent and there are beautiful.  We just remodeled our kitchen.  We re-painted our kitchen cabinets a khaki color and put black (uba tuba) granite counters.  The black color of our stools complement our color scheme perfectly.  We have had many compliments on them and they are holding up well to our 10-year old sons abuse.  The backless stool was a great idea because we didnt want the stools to block the view of our kitchen area.  I would highly recommen these barstools to anyone.