We have used these chairs at our dining table long enough to experience the construction flaws not seen until we were trying to put them together and avoiding letting guest sit on them because they were not sturdy from the beginning. They do look pretty but that's all. Now one leg is completed broken and we need a need a new chair leg. We purchased other dining chairs to use at the dining table elsewhere and just use the Parsons chairs in my office. I am about to start the process of trying to get a new leg