I like the look of these, but the quality seems a little sub-par. Basically, the stools are just a lot lighter than I expected - I think the metal must be an alloy rather than solid iron. The seat is nice and wide, but I ordered 2 stools and the variation between the wood on the 2 makes it seems like they are not the same type of wood. I see that they are suppoed to be solid wood as well, but the seat top really does not feel like solid wood, more like a composite or artificial wood. I got one on clearance and one on the regular sale, so I probably couldn't have gotten anything better for the money. They are certainly a good value, but if you want something super nice, you might need to pony up the big bucks for something else. They'll do, but I doubt we'll keep them for years to come.