We bought the stool because we needed a short dark wood seating for our dining table and this product fit the bill perfectly. The stool looks just as it is in the picture and for the most part was easy to assemble. The thing looks great in our living room.
I held back one star because I had assembly issue with the cross bars between the feet of the stool. Basically the bars weren't thick enough to accommodate the screws provided so I couldn't tighten them with a screw. Hence the bars on our stool just rotate in place instead of locking in solid.