These stools are sturdy, versatile and easy to assemble. I did carefully cut the white tags off the underside of the stools since they would have shown once assembled. I learned after assembling the first stool that it's best to remove the white tags BEFORE you screw the legs on. Then, even despite my careful removal, I still had to hot glue the black fabric under the seat back on because the tags pulled the fabric off. However, now that they're all together, we are very pleased! The seats snuggle our butts comfortably and are nice to sit in for lengthy periods. We use them at our kitchen bar where we do homework, eat every meal and play games. We spend a lot of time in the stools, and we're happy with them.