I hardly ever use the dining room but company is coming so I needed to pull something together fast. I had an old, solid oak table in the basement. It looked pretty darn good after I polished it up so I decided to stay with it. Now, it needed some chairs. Local stores did not have what I needed so I turned to the internet. I have never bought furniture online before but figured I had a choice - either stay with limited local selection or go to the internet where the selection actually blows your mind. I found these chairs and they match great with the table. The dark gray picks up the grain in the wood and the light oak color matched great. A word of caution, buying furniture online comes with some risk, if you don't like it and want to return it, you are going to have to pay. Check out how much before you decide to take the risk.