These are very sturdy and solid. They are just as described and look great in our kitchen. I am very happy with them!

Update. I should have returned these stools. I spent too much money, time, and sweat trying to make these stools 'clean' enough to be used indoors and I still hate them. Wayfair refunded me $90 and the finish paint was over $70. Add the primer and all the tools needed and I spent more than the Wayfair refund. Not worth it. I stick by my original post which follows - I hate these stools. They look like they were stored in a chicken coop, dirty with some brown smears on them, before someone vandalized them with a power drill, using the edge of the drill bit to score the edges for that "rubbed" effect. Unfortunately that resulted in gouges every where and many areas where the drill skipped and damaged nearby areas. When I took the first back out of the box, I was rewarded with a splinter, so I already knew I would have to sand them down, in some places severely, and repaint them. I believed these were to be solid wood but the slats creating the ladder back were damaged well into what appears to be MDF, which is frayed in the worst of the damaged areas. By the time I noticed the MDF, I had already accepted a partial refund, which I now regret. Also not all the holes were drilled through and I had to find a drill bit large enough to complete that job. Not happy.

Beautiful!!! Just what I expected! Solid and comfortable even without a cushion.

Nice quality and love the design on the back of the chair! Pads on bottom allow stools to slide smoothly on the hardwood floors we have. Seat is comfortable and don’t think a cushion is needed.

Well made beautiful chairs. They look perfect Farmhouse kitchen. They were not hard to put together at all. I highly recommend them. You will not be disappointed.