LOVE these chairs! I really wanted the mustard yellow but was having trouble determining what the color actually looked like and whether it would work in our home. We chose to go with the cream colored ones and couldn't have been more pleased. It's almost a heavy twill kind of fabric with some dark blue and yellow threads woven in so it's extremely versatile and classy looking. They are good and solid and the only assembly required is to put the legs on. The legs are solid wood too. We already have ours set up around our Christmas tree to sit and enjoy it in the evenings. They are firm but comfortable and they do need the lumbar pillow otherwise they'd be a lot less comfortable because of the design. We do plan to treat the fabric to add some extra protection since it's a light color, but the different colors woven into the fabric do provide some forgiveness in that regard.