After hunting around for parson's chairs on craigslist and ebay as well as other retailers, I finally decided to go for it and order two of these chairs for the head of my dining table. I'm glad I did. They really are quite comfortable and the proportions are nice. My fiance thinks the laced-up back looks like a corset, but he's being a goofball. It's really charming and works perfectly in my 200-year-old farmhouse dining room along with an old harvest table, ladderback chairs, a rustic pine bench, and sisal rug.