These are extremely easy to assemble....literally 4 wing nuts to attach the seats to the legs.  The style is nice, but they are much more distressed than they appear in the photographs.  The ones I received both have "dings" in the backs of them and it is not due to the packaging or shipping as they were both packaged superbly and arrived without damage.  I feel it it part of "the look".....which I am not sure that I love.