They are pretty nice and comfy. You can use it with or without a cushion. It was pretty difficult to assemble as some of the spots for the screws were pre-misaligned so it was hard to assemble. It took us more than an hour to assemble both of them. It is not very complex if the spots are properly aligned. You can even assemble them in 15 minutes if the nail spots that they drilled for you are in the right measurement.