I purchased 2 of these at the CB2 store in Berkeley and later ordered 2 online when the store employees would not sell me the floor models. The ones purchased at the store are fine. The ones I received from the online purchase were made of poor materials. As these stools are made of reclaimed wood, one can expect variation. However, one of the online purchased stools had a large hole in the bottom of one of the legs - ruining any chance at structural integrity. The other had a thin, sharp piece of wood pasted to the top of the stool that had a chip out of it - in fact that stool seemed to be made more of wood putty than wood. If you buy in person, have the staff open the boxes so you can inspect the quality - highly variable.