I bought 2 stools and the first one went together with little difficulty. The second however connot go together as the holes in the legs are misaligned for the hardware, So, after haveing gotten rid of all the packaging after assembling the first one , I am now stuck with one that won't go together and without knowing how best to return it. Also the colour is totally different than on the website. The stools are red but it is more of a berry red so, I am also looking at having to paint them to the colour I thought I was getting. One more reason to be circumspect about buying online :(