This chair is extremely cheaply made. One of the arms was loose and when my pregnant wife sat in it and she almost fell. I was able to salvage the chair by installing several metal brackets to stabilize the arm, but I am very dissapointed with the quality. It took me about 5 hours to get this thing fixed. If I were to do it over again, I would spend an extra 100 dollars to get something a little more solid. It's a great looking chair and it is comfortable, but it probably won't last more than a year or two...even with my repairs.