cream color is wonderful- not blinding white. Chairs were harder to assemble than predicted. The instructions were loose in the box and had slipped under the cardboard folds. After searching everywhere for directions, then googling for leads, I returned to the shipping box and spied them. Only complaint is chair is not super big- worried about larger people. Cushions are extra firm at this point- we bought 6 and are rotating sitting in them to squish them down some. All in all, great purchase for midcentury open dining and living area.