Love the style of these chairs, the color really adds some life to my mostly gray apartment! I will say, I thought the color of the legs was going to be slightly lighter than they ended up being. They showed up as more of a red oak, but looked (at least on my screen) like more of an ash or pine color. But I’m still happy with them. Assembly: woof. The instructions will literally tell you attach all of the legs to the seat and then STRETCH THE LEGS to fit the metal bottom piece. I thought I was going to break the legs right off the chair trying to attach the final piece. I also scratched up the legs a little bit trying to fit it in there. So, when I put together the second chair, I went reverse with the instructions and found it to be a lot easier - Attached the metal bar to all of the legs first then just lined the holes up in the chair. Great chairs once assembly is over!