Crosley Furniture X-Back Wood Bar Stools Set of 2, Black, 30-inch

These chairs fit perfectly and they were not difficult to assemble! I looked for different styles of chairs but settled on solid wood for practicality!! I love the open back design. My counters are 36” high and the chairs have plenty of knee room. One chair leg was a lil’ wobbly/short but the other there were leveled! I would buy more!!

I read other reviews and saw alot of complaints about pieces not lining up, but I did not have that issue. If you put pieces in wrong, than it does not line up. I bought four stools and all are lined up and sturdy. Very happy!!

It’s a nice item…

Husband put them together. He didn't cuss one time.Very nice with the pub table.

I was looking for a set of bar stools / chairs for our new basement bar. We had to go the "DIY assembly" route because all of the pre-made bars we looked at were too large to fit down the basement stairs.Then we had to select some bar stools.We're both older adults of modest size, but did not want to risk trying to squeeze into a small seat and/or risk toppling over on something that was not entirely sturdy.Here's my review of these Crosley bar stools:Pros: They are made of wood. They're not made of "manufactured" wood. The finish is consistent (we purchased the dark ones) and looks nice once assembled.They seem sturdy enough to sit on, although I'd suggest getting some sort of furniture "sock" or felt pads for the legs as they're likely to scratch vinyl or wood flooring.Overall I'd say they're a decent value for the money.Cons: As another reviewer mentioned, assembly is a pain in the neck. You need to have at least a moderate level of furniture assembly skill to work through the challenges of getting the "stretcher" pieces to fit from the front legs to the chair back (which was the worst part of the assembly process).The pieces are marked with "left" and "right" sides. What worked for me was putting the chair seat on a table (face down) and assembling the chairs that way. The "left" pieces were the left as I was looking down at the bottom of the seats. Do not tighten the bolts for the front legs all the way until you get the stretcher pieces in place.When it comes time to add the screws in the channels on the stretcher pieces and front cross-brace, use a long philips head screwdriver. The holes are not drilled entirely straight (or consistently).You'll want to hold the front leg and chair back tight together to hold the stretcher pieces tight in place while you install the screws. Get a second person to help, or use something like sturdy bungee cords to hold the pieces tightly together while you add the screws.If you feel like giving up on the screws, you can always try a bit of heavy duty adhesive/glue and then use some rope or bungee cords to hold the pieces in place while it dries.This was the most annoying part of the assembly process. The stretcher pieces do not lock firmly in place in the channels drilled into the leg and back sections (unless you luck out and get chairs that were manufactured when everyone and/or the machines in the factory were all having a good day).

We replaced older stools for around our kitchen island.

I ordered three sets of these chairs to replace the cushioned ones I currently have that my cats have poked or chewed full of holes. I figured I would go cushionless so they wouldn’t have anything to chew or claw. I only have one put together right now, but I’m very happy with the quality. Sturdy, durable wood with a beautiful finish. Putting them together takes some time, but it is not difficult at all. The only tools needed are the supplied Allen wrench and a drill with a Phillips tip. You could use a Phillips screwdriver, but if you have a cordless drill it’s much faster and easier.Edit: Got the second chair out to assemble and there is one small area where the finish was scraped off (see photo), but for the most part they are pretty well packed. Will update again if there are any issues with the other four chairs when I get them assembled.

*IF* you get a pair of chairs that had good quality control out of the factory, I suspect they are solid, comfortable chairs. They have a subtle butt divot - who doesn't love a chair with subtle butt divot?Alas, I did not get that "good quality control" pair of chairs.TL;DR Version: poor quality control out of the factory, misaligned screw holes on leg supports, poor quality screws (manually broke one, and I'm a weakling), legs not the right length.Am waiting to hear back from company's support about either a replacement set or a refund. Will update review with outcome.Long Version:Me: I am experienced with putting furniture together; a large portion of my furniture is from Ikea, and I've put together other company's office furniture as well. And done it well. Dare I say it... I ENJOY building this stuff. It's like Legos kits, but HGTV style. With tools.What went wrong:The holes for the screws in the side support bars were drilled at an incorrect angle; a screw placed through them would screw just into the outside of chair leg, rather than inside of the slot like it's supposed to. It's just a few millimeters off, but that's all it takes to be miserable to put together and look ugly. Each chair has one leg with a screw visible because of it, however chair #2 is in pieces and unusable because... they provide seriously cheap quality screws. I broke the head off one as I was trying to screw it into said ill-angled hole into the chair. By hand. Manual. No electric screwdriver. Broke the screw -*by hand*.I'm not a strong person. In fact, I have fairly noodle-like arms.I took it all apart again and despite all sorts of efforts to remove the broken screw shaft from the chair, no luck. It eventually broke off in the chair too, so 3 pieces of screw.Legs were also, uneven despite tightening after, not before, flipping it over. Same leg on both chairs was maybe 1/8 to 1/4" off.Instructions: average (sadly) to poorThis company did the classic "left/right" designation, which screws people up because it's unclear whether it means the left/right of the chair, or the person's left/right as they are looking at the chair. If you are familiar with putting together furniture then you can just look at it and know how it's supposed to be regardless of the subpar labelling, but for folks that don't do it often, it's an issue. And in looking through all the reviews, I see people that put the front legs on backwards and have slanted supports as a result. (If any of you do read this, I hope you'll give it a try - take the front legs off, swap them, then stick the side support bar's angled tab in the BACK leg, and the straight tab in the front legs, with the screw holes in the support bar on the floor side so you don't see them from above -- which is what the instructions should say to make this crystal clear. Or, you know, provide better pictures.)They could also label the seat's leg positions and the coordinating leg with the same letter/number to match them up directly.Materials:Wood itself is quite nice, solid feeling, rich color (cherry), as pictured, which is pretty impressive.Screws - cheap/poor. Bolts/washers - adequate. Tools provided, adequate, but if you have your own allan wrench, use it. No screw driver provided, so all in all I rate it a BYOT build.My expectation is that Crosley will either send me replacement chairs (hopefully a better set) or I will be refunded my money. Hoping the company does right by me. I'd like them to work out.UPDATE: Well, first response from their support told me if I wanted to get a refund or a replacement to contact the retailer from which I bought it; please note the documentation on the box said to NOT do that, and to reach out to them directly. They also told me it sounded like I had the legs on backwards (I do not) and to reverse them. Never saw pictures of the issue, and told me to exactly what their documentation said to not do, and said I probably screwed up putting them together. As a response I sent them the picture I just added here as well. Screw hole upper right side of pic, the angle at which the screw comes out of said hole into the leg.So basically - questionable quality goods, and customer support that does the bare minimum/is not helpful (oh, and it took several days for them to get back to me).

These are lovely addition to our kitchen. Was helpful to read comments about assembly (left/right indications) and they went together very easily. The screws “just” reach, and after about a month of use, one fell out, so we retightened all screws using a drill (originally had only hand-tightened). Overall very pleased.

Very nice and looks more expensive than it actually is. Easy set up. Looks awesome