It's a nice looking, solid wood stool, however not the quality pictured.  We got three and on each one there was at least one hole that did not line up to receive the bold, that we had to jerry-rig.  Spacing between the legs and seat rim are inconsistent, and the result of incorrect hole and bolt alignment.  On the other hand, we didn't want to pay $500 each so guess we got what we paid for.