First let me say the stools are great looking and for the price the quality is excellent.  The reason for my 4 star is  I bought 4 stools and have had them for at least a year and the only issue is where you rest your feet on the cross brace it has worn or the wood has cracked on the edge on 1 of the stools.  Also, I wanted a counter height stool and for me 24" was too low and 29" (was too high more for bar height) so I bought the 29" and cut the legs so the height was 26".  When I looked around locally  26" was pretty common for a counter