We love how the stools look in our kitchen (we got the red ones). They were pretty easy to assemble, taking about 10 minutes per stool once I got the hang of it and found a hex bit that worked with my electric drill (trying to assemble with the enclosed hex wrench was painfully awkward and slow). One of the chairs had a ½"x1" scrape on the bottom of the leg where the paint was mostly removed. I tried to patch it, and I think I can make it look pretty invisible with the right color touchup paint. But of course I'd much rather they have all been flawless.