I really wanted to love these stools. I read dozens and dozens of reviews and figured they were worth the shot, and they fit the aesthetic of my new apartment perfectly. When they arrived however, it looked like one of the bags of steel pieces was rusty, and another piece was warped so badly it was nearly unusable. Because these are solid steel pieces, I couldn’t bend the warped piece straight so I ended up using it how it came and it looks terrible. These were difficult to put together and I wish I had just gone to a different store to buy similar stools. I may be an outlier with the package I received, but just be aware that these pieces are very inflexible so just hope you get pieces that are the correct shape!