This is a beautiful, heavy, solid stool, with a very comfortable top! The cushion color, though advertised as beige, actually has a bit of a gray color - which was perfect for our kitchen. Assembly was mostly quick; however, goes much smoother with 2 people (adding the footrest requires a couple of extra hands). One reviewer mentioned that the stools did not sit level, and we found that evenly adjusting the torque on the screws helped alleviate this.