I wasn't thrilled that these bar stools are held together by wood glue and not screws, but so far they are doing the trick. They made it through my house warming party unscathed. Took away a star because that wood glue starts drying so quickly and there was one stool that I hadn't quite put all the parts together the way you were supposed to before the glue dried. It doesn't seem to have ruined the structural integrity of that stool so I guess it's a wait and see.