After shopping locally for months on end for the perfect dining chair, I resigned myself in desperation to an online purchase. The hesitation was real - I couldn't sit in in, so how would I know it was comfortable? It appeared to have just the right look, but it was a picture - would it be faux wood and awful in person? The box came and I wasn't in any hurry to open it, but I should have been! First of all, the packaging was pure perfection - the way a mother would over bandage her wounded child. Removing all the wrapping was like revealing pure beauty. It was solid, well made, lovely materials and best of all, comfortable. It's a problem really - when a dining chair is so yummy to sit in, you have a tendency to linger too long at the dining room table and continue to pick at the food in front of you. Nonetheless, I'm in love - the chair is amazing and highly recommended!