These chairs are solidly built; fairly easy assembly. The boxes arrived with damage, which always gives me worries immediately. However, the upholstered side of the seat was packed upholstered face-down in the shipping crate [2 to a box] and the result was a definite dirty imprint where upholstery was touching the box. Maybe an alternate way of packing in the box would alleviate this. See photo. A good vacuuming with upholstery attachment helped, and I still recommend the chairs; they're solid and heavy, solid upholstering too. They are exceptional for the price, no doubt about that.