Beautiful chair. The velvet is a nice quality, it is simple enough to put together though I noticed assembly from my original and my replacement (damaged in shipping) were totally different from the hardware to the instructions. Height does vary per chair. Color does vary as well. My first chair in pink was a dust rose while my second is more of a light pink. The padding in the replacement chair I received is much firmer than that of the original which seemed to have buckled down in a couple weeks of use.