These chairs are super easy to assemble. They are very firm so when you sit you tend to sit up very straight. It would be nice if they sat a tad higher, I thought of switching the legs from the foot stool over, but that would make your legs drop. The color is beautiful, the feel is smooth, and I love that the backing is also finished in blue velvet rather than the earlier models which appear to have had a black backing. Overall, not bad, but for the price I would have appreciated a little more comfort and wide fit to where you blend into the chair and can actually lounge in it to watch tv.