I carefully read all the reviews about these chairs before placing my order.  I agree with other reviewers who stated that the instructions for assembly are basically useless.  We followed another reviewer's advice, and assembled the chairs by installing the back and seat into one side arm.  Then installing the other side arm.  Turning the chair over and installing the rockers and the crossbar.  Thankfully, all the holes aligned pretty well and there were no major issues there.  On the down side, the finish on the chairs is a little "rustic" in places.  The color/paint is slapstick in areas, and dirty looking in others.  But even with all this, we're happy with them for the price we paid.  I would have been disappointed if we had paid the full retail price.  But they're pretty to look at, and decent to sit in.  We added a few cushions, and that made a world of difference.  Pretty good deal on them for what you get.