Like this chair a lot for our purposes. Definitely need 2 people to put it together but it wasn't too hard. Exactly as pictured and described. There were a few marred places on the finished wood parts but not anything too egregious. It doesn't seem as substantial as I might have hoped (a little light weight) but in fact, is solid and well balanced and should be a good comfy chair from which to watch TV & Knit.