These bar stools are as shown, but questionable quality materials. When putting together the seat (MDF-type "wood") with the metal base, the screws came completely out of the wood seat. It's very easy to "over tighten" the screws causing the hole to be striped. Luck for me, I was able to reattach the pieces and tighten them some so that they would stay. So far (with not much use) they are still working well. I'll update if there are other issues.