The chairs are as beautiful in person as they are on the website. My only “peeve” is that the seat cushion is quite a bit harder than they look. So it’s a bit of a surprise when you sit down on them for the first time. Nevertheless, it’s comfortable enough for a meal … we don’t want our guests to overstay their welcome anyway :-). We’re keeping the chairs because they go with our dining table so well. These lovely chairs are slightly slimmer than most dining chairs, which means there will be more room between diners (a good thing for me since I can now comfortably fit 4 chairs on one side of the table, instead of only three bigger chairs). But it also means that a 300 lb guy may feel somewhat squeezed between the arms of the chair.