I like the contrast with my other dining chairs aquired at various times in our lives...the charcoal color is nice, but a slightly darker shade would go with existing black amd beige themes.  I also like the rounded backs--very Morticia Addams.  They were easy to assemble--even the grumpy 16-yr old was able to do it relatively quickly.  The chair i assembled needed a little extra maneuvering to line everything up and balance the chair.  In the end, i used extra floor pads to even em out...gotta protect the floor anyway--right