These are exactly as they look in the picture. They're not quite as heavy as I'd like but for the price, you can't beat them. Although they initially shipped quickly, we received a damaged one and it took 3+ weeks to receive the replacement chair. The customer service/returns department kept us updated but at the same time, they would wait until the day they were scheduled to ship to send an email that said it would be pushed back another week. So the only thing that helped our bad experience was that we really like our chairs.