These are great dining room chairs!  The seat fabric is a light beige/toast color, definitely NOT an off white or ecru color.  The chairs seem solid.  The wood finish is matte black and gorgeous.  The chairs were packed extremely well with no damage.  Delivery took longer than expected but this was a Fed Ex issue, not Joss & Main.  The seat seems a bit firm but that's what I wanted.  It took 5 minutes to screw the fabric seat onto the chair frame - easy!  You really should buy these chairs!