Highly recomment this item. The workmanship is excellent. Finally bar stools (2) that match the rest of my quality furniture. Finally after replacing a lot of cheap bar stools for my kitchen I decided to order these and I could not be happier. My Mother is only 4"8" and is 95 years old she gets on these stools with no problem. They push in and out with ease and are very sturdy. 
Gardner did a excellent job of packing. It all most took as long to unpack them as to assemble them but I was thrilled with their thoughtfullness towards their item and my receiving them in excellent condition. I read on other product reviews that other companies did not pack well at all and their items were damaged or just bearly made it to their home NOT the case with Gardner.  Thank You Gardner for a perfect product.