The chairs arrived days in advance (I think in less than 4 days). The boxes were not too heavy to carry in. The chairs are beyond beautiful in person and they were the perfect shade of teal that we wanted. The teal is more on the greenish side than the blueish side. The chairs were easy to assemble but for some weird reason the same one leg of all 4 chairs doesn't go flat on the floor like the other three legs. But this doesn't affect the chairs when you sit on them. I would recommend these chairs to anyone and the quality is better than the picture shows.