These stools are beautiful and weren't terribly difficult to build.  Tightening them with the hex key/allen wrench that is provided can be painful after building 5 of them though.  I was a bit disappointed because one of them has a nickel sized chip in the wood (which is the reason for the loss of 1 star) that I will have to sand down so that no one gets a splinter in their leg when using it.  The Aquirre 25" swivel bar stool is the perfect identical companion to these (if you are wanting to get both stools with and without backs on them.