The product is pretty and looks as it does in the pictures, but the quality is very poor. We had a couple of parts missing from a couple of the boxes (washers and spring washers mainly), and the holes drilled for assembly were not aligned making it very difficult to put together. Where the holes were drilled, some of the wood was even split. Although the manufacturer states they supply any missing parts free of charge, who wants to have to go through ordering extra parts and waiting for them to arrive We were able to find similar parts in our own tools, but just this alone was frustrating. The icing on the cake was the split wood where holes were drilled for bolts. Bottom line - the stools look great, but I doubt they will hold up for an extended period of time.