My wife and I love these chairs. The wood smells great when you're unpacking it and seems to be good quality as well. After putting it all together we coated the chairs with some linseed oil (they won't be in the sun much, otherwise we would have likely used hardwood oil) and the color of the chairs popped much more noticeably afterwards. It has also already protected the wood from some water that we splashed on the chairs. So, I highly recommend spending a little bit of extra time and money on some linseed or similar oil so that you can protect and prolong the life of the wood.

The chairs are very comfortable and so far everyone who's seen/used them loves them as well! The pull out footrest works great too. In areas without a lot of room, it can be very nice not to have to deal with a separate ottoman section.