Very easy to assemble, like four bolts and you’re done. Seeing them in real life they look like the picture, I am having some second thoughts about getting velvet chairs in a more bold blush color but that’s a me problem. They look like the picture. I think it says there’s foam in the them for padding, when you hold them it doesn’t feel like there’s very much of it. But when you sit down the shape is actually nice and very comfortable. Even more comfortable than I would’ve guessed. I know I mostly only use my dinning table when I have company so comfort wasn’t my main concern, but I did spend two hours in one of the chairs working on my laptop and it was comparable in comfort to a starbucks chair; comfortable enough to sit and do what you intended to do in the chair but not a chair you lounge around in..... thats what the couch is for.