These chairs are substantial in size, comfortable, and seem extremely sturdy. They came fully assembled which rocks. My only complaint is that there is a deep "distress" notch in every chair. I ordered 4, they all have them. I understand the need to want to make these look distress but this notch is about 4 inches long and at least 1/2 inch deep, on the seat of every chair...in every spot...and it's the only one. It sticks out like a sore thumb and we honestly thought the first chair was defective but after seeing all 4 realized that was a "design feature". I guess we just didn't get it because there are no other "distressed" details to it. Anyway, still like them, keeping them, they look great with our farmhouse table. By the way, I ordered 4, 2 for the ends and 2 for the sides, I might have to come back and order another one because an 84 inch table can comfortably fit 3 chairs on one side.