These are so elegant and sturdy!! They were perfect for our kitchen! We bought two stools with two different designs from the same collection and combined them and the outcome is just wonderful! They took my husband a while to put them together (I’d say 45 minutes each), but from what he said, the process was not very complex, there were just too many screws and pieces... my only complain is that for one of the stools the fabric is not tight enough at the point where it goes into the wood. It bulges a little bit, but other than that these stools are a great buy, given their quality and elegance!