We purchased these stools for our bar, and they look great.  The stools do require assembly, but all the parts were individually wrapped and labelled.  Each of the screws also had the specific washers already positioned on the screws so you don't have to figure out which washers go with each screw.  The first stool took about an hour to assemble, and the remaining 2 about 40 minutes.   Would definitely recommend, and waiting for these to come back in stock to buy a few more.