I bought 5 of these at a great price and they're exactly what I need for my island and peninsula! Bought 2 blacks and 3 whites. Whites are beautiful, but it gets dirty, it even came already with smudges and smears. Able to clean the stains so far, but eventually will get dirty. That's why I went with the "salt and pepper" look, the black ones can be used by the kids :)! Easy to put together, shipped very well packaged, a little too much packaging material used if you ask me, kind of a waste. These look very slick and contemporary, the chrome base, footrest and stem are very chic and not cheesy looking at all. Only minor flaw is that the footrest is attached to the seat, so you can't adjust upwards while sitting on the chair. Some chairs allow you to put your weight on the footrest and still remain on the chair to adjust seat height. ***UPDATED REDUCED TO 3 STARS*** After 3+ years of usage, found a major flaw. The rubber on the bottom of the base is very cheap, it serves to protect the base from scratching the flooring. Well my hard wood have big scratch marks from these stools. 3 of the 5 stools have lost their rubber shoe completely, I was finding little pieces of rubbers here and there, at first we never pay attention, but eventually noticed marks on the floor and realized they were pieces from the stools. The seats are also ripping at the front edge, where there is the most friction from movement, but I guess that's to be expected. I'm now looking to replace my entire set, hindsight 20/20, I would have spent a bit more in the beginning to get stools with better, safer base for the flooring!