It's definitely a beautiful chair. It is also very comfortable thus far. I've only had it a few weeks, so can't comment on longevity. It is NOT hard to put together IF you take your time and use some common sense. I think it was a bit more expensive than it should have been for the size. I would have liked to have one size bigger, but the price difference was ridiculous. So I took off a star for that. But everything else seems very nice so far.