These are very pretty chairs!  However, they sit very high (compared to other recliners I have owned) and very straight up.  I am getting used to them, however, I will say they are not a chair that I look forward to sitting in...yet. They are growing on me and hopefully over time they will soften up and not be so stiff.  Probably would not have purchased them if I had sat in them before purchasing.   But we did get such a great price, that I will hang onto them and hopefully I will like them better as we sit in them more and break them in.