We looked long and hard to find a set of small upholstered chairs to create a sitting area in front of a window. We are quite pleased with these, but for one thing: the straight grain of the fabric is not square on the chair surfaces. With some sorts of fabric (floral print, for example) that might not be too evident, but in this instance the grain is quite obvious, and was quite obviously ignored in the factory. We did decide to keep them, however. We added small decorative pillows to draw the eye, and that helps.