These are lovely and sturdy chairs.  I've been burned before on dining room chairs (which were beautiful for a month or two, but then started coming apart), so I bought one set first to try . . . still good as new after 6 months.  These are used in our breakfast nook, so it's pretty much every-day use.  By the way, these are identical to chairs sold on another home furnishings website under a "famous name" for about 60% more.  Good purchase.  I'm very satisfied.