I bought this chair for a small room as an added place to sit and wanted a deeper seat to be more accommodating for a taller guest. (Works well for me with the Taylorsville Rectangular Cotton Pillow I also bought (I'm 5'5"), though I am also comfortable sitting in the seat without it. The seat is firm and the color was as expected. My only complaint is that we couldn't get the chair to sit square on all 4 legs. We switched around the 2 legs we could, messed with the screws and holes as best we could, used the chair for a number of days hoping having weight in it would help correct the problem so the chair didn't rock on the legs. Our  hardwood floor is level so that isn't the reason the chair rocks. Ultimately, we stuck a felt pad on the shorter leg to make the chair sit flat. If not for this problem, I'd have given 5 stars.