Was exactly what I wanted and expected.  My friend had a rather bit of a hard time getting the 1st piece together..but after that he had it put together in a half hour. 
 It is very comfortable every without a cushion.  I can easily get out of it no problem with my very bad knees.  
 The only thing is that the instructions need to show how to use the tricky way to connect the screw and the bolt in the wooden pieces