We love these chairs. they're sturdy and look great. just a few things to mention: 1. we got the black metal ones, and the wood on the seat of the chairs is darker than in the picture. we thought the chairs would match our dark brown table, the the stain of the wood is almost black. it's kind of a grayish black. 2. the arms of the chairs do not slide under our table. we have a wood 'border' that runs around the table top underneath, and that blocks the chairs from siding in. it bothered me at first, but i've gotten used to the chairs sticking out a ways from the table. also, we had one chair come in slightly bent from shipping but not it's not bad enough to be worth returning the whole set, especially since fedex destroyed the box in shipping. i'm surprised all of them weren't bent.