Maybe this will help someone.  I purchased two of these stools, one for myself and one for my husband for our bar area.  This stool is BIG.  It fit my husband ok and he is 225 pounds at 5'11".  I sat in his stool and it was way too BIG for my body.  I am 5'6" at 140 lbs.  It swallowed me.  We decided to keep the one for him and I will have to find something smaller for myself that will go together with his.  The stool appears to be well made and sturdy.  It looks very classy with our whiskey barrel bar.  It shipped very quickly and the return process was very easy.  All it cost to return was less than $22 and they sent a return label which I printed up and put on the box and then dropped off at my nearest Fedex locations.  Hope this information does help.