The fabric is soft and the chair is much more comfortable than I thought it would be based on previous reviews. Don't like the unfinished wood look of the legs, will have to stain them. Easy to assemble, only needed to screw on legs. Would have been a 4 star review, but lost one star for the packaging. I absolutely hate the excessive amount of styrofoam Wayfair uses to package their products. I appreciate the fact that Wayfair uses lots of packing materials to ensure merchandise is protected, but I wish they would use a different type of packing material. Aside from the fact that it is non-biodegradable, the styrofoam gets everywhere and is sooooo hard to clean up! I HATE, HATE ,HATE STYROFOAM!!! I've probably bought a 100+ items from Amazon.com and not one has been packaged using styrofoam. Wayfair, you can do better.