We are currently building a bar and just now beginning to put the table and chairs together. It looks very nice and expensive but once you start putting it together- you can tell it’s not the best material. Two of the chairs were put together with no problem. The other two chairs had to be rigged because the arms started splitting and pulling from the metal plate when we began attaching them. Thank God I have a handy husband because I’d be really stuck with 1000 worth of junk. We haven’t even put the table together yet because we don’t have the space and I’m dreading it because if the chairs were splitting apart- what is this table about to do. And the chairs are really low to the floor. It looks like I will have to add pillows to provide height while sitting at the table. If I had to do it all over again- I’d be patient just waited for the table I’d originally ordered that was solid oak and almost triple the price. At least I’d know what I was paying forffor.