We received the bar stools a few days ago.  The seat had to be screwed to the base, but that was not difficult to do.  We are very pleased with the looks and the size of the bar stools and are pleased to have selected them.  The only negative was that we were not able to buy 3 of them.  Four will not fit comfortably with the area where they are needed, yet four would be too close together.  We did ask if we could buy one extra one, but evidently they are only sold as pairs.  So be it.  At least we have the pair that we very much like.