My wife and I saws stools like these a year ago at a store near us. We were not ready to make any purchases when we saw them plus they were a bit over what we wanted to spend. My wife was glancing through a wayfair e-mail when she saw the stools like we had seen a year ago. The price was what we could afford and we hoped the quality was good. When the stools arrived I put them together and was delighted at the quality and the comfort . When we put them at our kitchen island it changed the appearance of our kitchen area and gave it a bit of class. We already have had people tell us how they liked the stools.