The assembly on these stools is ridiculous. Stools look great once they were finally assembled however the 5 hours it took to build 4 stools is absurd. I routinely build furniture from scratch and it almost would have been easier for me to have just built stools than to try to put these together. Of the 4 stools I bought 1 went together easily and correctly the other 3 stools fought me the entire way. NOTHING would line up and many of the "Pre-drilled" bolt holes were not completely drilled through meaning I had to drill them out before I could even begin to assemble. Then each stool had to be completely assembled and disassembled several times before the gaps between joints would close. Then trying to get the stools level was a whole new infuriating process that again led to more assembly followed by tearing it back down followed by reassembly before they would sit remotely level.