My husband and I recently renovated our kitchen. We did all of the work ourselves. Installed cabinets, floors, etc. Honestly, one of the most difficult pieces of this project was assembling these chairs. The first set we received could not be put together at all (without completely renovating the chair assembly process). Wayfair customer service was awesome and sent us another set. These we were able to put together. But it was really difficult. From the sound of things (I read the reviews only after ordering ), some people get stools that line up just fine, others are like the first set we received in that they don't go together at all. My guess is most are like the last set we got, which went together, but only after a whole lot of tinkering. They look great in the kitchen and are pretty comfy, but be prepared to set aside some time if you order them.