A piece came broken(it happens I guess) Potentially helpful advice -- My two main pieces were incorrectly labeled . In other words, whats A is actually B and whats labeled B is actually A. Which makes it impossible to assemble if you follow instructions. (my case anyway)  Solution was to pretend B was actually A and vice versa. In terms of the stool after assembly, its exactly what I had in mind and the quality was better then expected for the price.