First of all, I’ve been searching for affordable dining chairs that look like this for a long time. These are absolutely perfect and I read the reviews about them being hard to put together I figured those people just don’t know how to do it with patience. Well, it is tricky and you will get extremely frustrated so please read these tips because I think they will help you.The problem is the four screw holes that connect the seat of the chair to the back of the chair. One or two of those holes will be pre-drilled at a weird angle. So, my advice is lightly screwing the screws first, before you put the seat on, and see how the screws are angled. I’ve attached some pictures. Keep in mind which ones are angling what direction and then when you go to screw the seat on remember that some screws need to be angled either towards/away from you or to the left or right, etc. After spending hours not being able to get one of the screws to catch, I took it apart and did this first and it went together in two minutes.I needed four chairs and after I put them all together one had a short front leg. To be more specific the leg was fine but the screw holes must have been placed higher on one side so even when you sat down the chair wobbled. (Last picture) This was the easiest return I’ve ever made without any Amazon purchase. They sent two new chairs quickly and paid for the return of the two chairs, which I had 30 days to do. I just needed to drop the box off at UPS. A couple of the chairs were wobbly but when you sit down there was no wobble so I figured that’s good enough for this price.As far as the reviews about them not being strong enough both me and my husband are 150 pounds and they feel very sturdy to me. If you had some really big family members I don’t know if these are the chairs you would pick but they seem like they’d be able to handle quite a bit of weight.The color is a nice medium gray, I think they look and feel much more expensive than the price. I definitely recommend!