It has quite a firm seat cushion and it also might be a little on the high side from the floor for some folk. We chose the grey fabric which is a little darker than the main photo but the swatch photo colour is spot on. We had a very similar recliner but find this one needs much stronger legs to kick and lock the footrest back in position. Older folk may have a problem with that.  Its seems well made and overall we are pleased with it and the price is good. The delivery scheduling is however abysmal. It was a litany of wrong info, then a cancelled delivery on the day it was due... which then took them another week to rearrange!  This was a stock item and we should have received it much earlier than we did. The chair is fine but only gets 4 stars for the (too) strong footrest springs.... the delivery routine gets a minus one!