We bought 5 of these for our newly renovated basement bar. I am a small woman and put them together myself without issue (did use electric screwdriver vs allen wrench when possible). One of the 5 stools cracked at a wood seam on the base of the chairupper apron after assembly. I contacted Wayfair via email, got immediate confirmation a new part would be shipped & received it pretty quickly... however, the new part wasn't pre-drilled properly and didn't work. I contacted Wayfair again and they sent an entirely new stool to replace the other. We really like the stools and I was impressed with the quick response & problem solving from Wayfair!!