The stools arrived much sooner than we expected and were incredibly well packaged.  They are definitely a cream color and not a true white, but I am going to live with them a while and think about painting.  We ordered three.  The first one was a bit difficult to put together-- the instructions don't specify which bolts go in which place-- and that caused some confusion-- for reference-- there are three sizes-- the small go in the back of the seat-- the regular go in the front legs and the long ones go in the corners of the back of the seat.   Once we got the first one together, the others took very little time.  

We are truly enjoying them!