The description stated the stool was 19" tall but the box it arrived in said 18" tall which when we put it together it WAS only 18" tall which is Not what I needed.  Since I needed all the height I could get for the stool to work in the area I was getting it for because we have carpet  and the stool sinks down into the carpet and makes the stool that much shorter.  I would love to return it but we don't have the original box.