These side chairs are comfortable and look really good! They seem very sturdy and are weight tested for 200 lbs. (I think they'd hold more.) My husband assembled them while watching TV. The only negative is white spots and patches on the legs. I used a marking pen to fill them in, no big deal, but the reason to give 4 stars instead of 5. Now that we know there are no problems, we're ordering 2 more.