These look great but I feel that the foot bar is not strong enough to help assist getting on stool (they are very high which I needed). We received 4 stools, but the back cross bar was cracked in splinter like fashion all the way through (hence my mistrust of using front bar to assist step up). While they look pretty, they are not comfortable at all. Comfort and strength were my main issues when looking through all the reviews but I must really disagree with most. Felt for the price, this is a HUGE disappointment and mistake.