I have purchased 3 of these stools. The stools are very study and not at all wobbly. The instructions to have someone sit on the stool for the final tightening of all the screws is a “trick” I strongly agree with. The stools are a bit largerbulkier than I expected, which is the only reason I returned the third stool. The linen look of the padded seat is a nice compliment to the black finish. The box the stool comes in calls the color of the stool “antique black” which is really just an occasional smear of dark brown paint which is not generally pleasing to the eye. Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be much of that accent. All in all, these stools are a good investment.