The seat of these chairs is a beautiful light wood stain. They are each slightly different and unique but still look great as a group. My only complaint would be that they are slightly too low for our counter. It’s not enough to return, though. The height is as advertised. I was pleased that each chair has four plastic pieces on the bottom that we can afix felt padding to. Two of our stools, however, were delivered with only 3. I’m sure they will send us out replacement pieces, so it’s not a big deal other than the wait time.