The seat backs look cheap straight out of the box, but once put together, it all comes together. The seat top and table top are beautiful. I hope they hold up. These pieces seem like fairly decent solid wood, so I suspect they'll meet expectations over the long term. The instructions were clear, but the chair legs were labeled backwards from my expectations, so the first time I put things together backwards, not a big deal. Took about 1.5 hours to leisurely put it together.