I'm 8 months pregnant and bought this chair for the living room of our new (to us) house, both as seating for guests and to have somewhere other than the couch to nurse/comfort baby. Assembly was easy (for my husband), the upholstery is suprisingly soft , and the chair is very comfortable. I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 because the only way to get the foot rest to lock back into place is to stand up, face the chair, and kick it into place until it sticks. Not sure it would be worth it to deal with a return/exchange, though. We'll just learn to live with this annoying inconvenience. But, be ware.