Simple enough to build, but be careful of scratches, and coloring is exactly as depicted (I ordered the black stools with dark wood seats - wood compliments dark or chocolate wood furniture pieces well). Only reason I did not give this product 5 stars is that it arrived damaged. I have now ordered 4 separate pieces from Wayfair and every time the furniture has been damaged in some way. Here the black paint had been scraped off portions of the stools that had been exposed where the boxes had been damaged).