Cabos Collection Wood Dining Chair

Excellent quality, assembly is rough

These chairs are rock solid. I was very skeptical about ordering furniture online, and was very pleased with the quality. The natural finish is a bit darker than in the pictures -- check ...Read complete review

These chairs are rock solid. I was very skeptical about ordering furniture online, and was very pleased with the quality. The natural finish is a bit darker than in the pictures -- check out the Cabos Collection Coffee Table in natural finish to get a better idea of the color -- and the cushions are indeed ivory -- so they're more yellow than in the pictures. But they still look great. I've included pictures of mine with this review so you can get a better idea of the color.Now about assembly. It's actually pretty easy, but the screws used to connect the legs to the seat strip easily, so it's probably a good idea to avoid the temptation to use a power drill if you're impatient like me and trigger happy. You can't run to [...] to get another screw like these, and the manufacturer doesn't include extras. If anything the lack of extra screws is the biggest negative with these chairs. You'll definitely want to look at finding a screwdriver with an allen-wrench bit instead of using the included allen wrenches, or you'll end up with massive blisters on your fingers the next day -- especially if you ordered eight chairs like I did.I found the absolute best way to assemble these chairs is to go out and get a can of DuPont Teflon Multi-Use Dry Wax spray lubricant (Dupont part# D00110101 - $4.99 at the home improvement stores). It's a dry non-staining spray with a straw. When you stick the tabs from the seat into the leg frames, stick the straw into the hole and spray a liberal amount of the teflon spray in there -- it will bubble out fast so be careful. At the same time, lay out all four screws (and the four bolts for the back of the chair) on a plastic bag and spray them down from just below the head all the way to the tip, roll them over and spray again. Don't worry - the spray isn't greasy or oily once it dries in a few minutes, so it doesn't get messy and there's not really any smell. It also doesn't stain or discolor the wood -- but you should wipe up any that gets on the exterior just in case. Let the spray dry for a few minutes, then it's super easy to get those bolts and screws in. It took 8 minutes to get the first screw without spray in by hand (and I ended up stripping the head) -- and about 50 seconds after the spray. It's worth it. Trust me. The added bonus is now the screws and bolts have an extra layer of water protection. I may have to go back and retighten the screws and bolts every so often, but I doubt that will be much of a problem.All in all, these are awesome chairs. They're VERY solid, and much better than anything I've seen at the big box home improvement stores. They're quite comfortable, even without the cushions. You could sit in one of these for hours. My neighbor is so jealous that he's outside right now sanding down his cheap Scandinavian wood furniture (that he paid almost the same price for) and restaining it!