Signature Design by Ashley Bellatier Swivel Bar Stool with Back, Set of 2

Signature by Ashley must have taken note of customer experiences/frustrations mentioned in Amazon reviews Bc there was only one sticker on my stool; & not in a noticeable area of the seat bottom. Instructions say “2 or more needed to assemble.” I Don’t understand what they’re talking about. I assembled it by myself...& quite easily. Also...bc reviews were warning buyers to remove a plastic “plug,” I almost busted the mechanism that raises/lowers the seat! No plastic plug on the stool stem except the one that’s supposed to be there; so, leave it. You just have to get a feel for pressure on the lever. To lower the seat...sit on it & lift the lever. It’s super comfy & classy looking! Very pretty stool.

These chairs look great and were pretty easy to assemble (just pay attention to the type of screws and where they go for aesthetics). My only complaint is that the faux leather is very smooth so if you're wearing something smooth you can slide around or off :-). The curved sides are good but I'm a bit on the larger side so had to get used to those cradling the hips, making it a bit more difficult find the comfortable spot. But overall am very happy, and as I said, they look great!

We bought these barstools knowing we might not have them for long. Barstools are extremely expensive at any store you walk into, but we needed something now. They were easy to assemble, but they are not as durable as we were so wishfully thinking they would be. I'm not upset about our purchase, since the chairs are still fully functional. But out of the three we bough, one of the seats has already lifted from the side of the based, and one of them won't go upward anymore, so we just have some uneven barstools now. I don't regret buying them, since the price was good, but if you have a house full of kids, I do not recommend. We have an 11-year-old and us, and somehow the one chair has still managed to give out on us. They still look nice, so we aren't bothering with replacing them at this point, but we know we will have to at some point.

I use the stools around my pool table in the basement. They're really good looking furniture. The height adjustment is easy to use, but we keep them at the lower heights. At the highest adjustment the stool feels top-heavy and not quite safely balanced. I'm 6'2", and even I have hop up to climb into the stool at full height. If I used them in front of a bar, maybe the support of having the bar close would eliminate the sensation of tipping over

First of all I should say that this chair is absolutely beautiful. The but...I got a chair that had been previously manipulated. Someone had tried to put the chair together before me. Why do I say that - because I could see that the nuts and bolts had been put together by the directions. I thought that was curious, but I just kept putting my chair together. Then i put the base down and the one leg on which only had a red button at the top. So once I put the seat and the back on to the upper base and put the whole thing together I noticed I could not adjust the seat up or down. I could not figure out what went wrong. I followed the details to the tee. Nothing out of the ordinary to do. I am short and weigh average and I was able to put it together. It still would not work. Amazon sent me a new chair and I looked carefully at the packaging this time. The nuts and bolts had not been put together, I had to do that. And then I noticed something that I had not seen before - on the base leg at the top was a black knob that said "take me off", I did and it exposed the red button. I said to myself there wasn't a black knob on the other one. I put my new chair together and it worked perfectly. So now It was time for me to take the old chair apart. Easy as pie, but I noticed that that black knob had been stuck in the shoot of the upper leg. Someone had tried to put this chair together and messed up sent it back. Please do not send this chair back out. Please. I pray amazon reads this and does not put this review out, but sends this review to the manufacturer or the company it came from. If you get an original chair it will work beautifully and will compliment a home with elegance. The chair should get five stars but because I was sent a chair that was not inspected and sent back as a defect that is why it receives one star.

This is my 36+ month and final update. I just moved to a new place and I am using the stools at their lowest position now. Since replacing the strut the strut squeaks incessantly against the base, every movement in the stool is a reminder of why I bought these. Hopefully you never have to replace the strut(s). Other than that, the padding on the seating surface has almost completely collapsed and is hardly noticeable. I would avoid these stools and find something else to sit in. These look way better than they perform. Thanks to all for listening. 24-month update. I've added one more star but don't click the buy now button just yet. After the gas/hydraulic struts failed on both stools I called Ashley and they sent me out 2 new replacement struts. Still not out of the woods yet. The removal of the old struts can be a challenge but can also easily damage the base plate at the bottom. In swapping both mine out there is now play between the strut and the base plate, so when you sit in the stool it sways in all directions, making the stool feel very cheap despite the "look". I decided to update this review as people still mark it as helpful. It's quite possible Ashley has updated the strut by now or at least I hope they have. Here we are 2 years later, the stools still work as intended but now there's just that swaying that will never go away. 14-month update - Stay away, stay far away! After only 14 months neither of the two stools I purchased will keep from compressing all the way down. They are absolutely useless now. Spend more elsewhere and be happier. I'll be quick as your time is precious. These stools look great, modern and comfortable (if your hips are narrow). These stools can be as tall as "spectator height" which are hard to find and my living space requires this type of stool. I felt like this was my only option, I don't have a traditional sit-down dinning area. Would I buy again? No way. These stools have lost their ability to keep their set height. They will actually go down/lower when you are sitting in them. Whether the gas/hydraulic cylinder is bad, has worn out or the o-rings are subpar, this is not a long term stool. I thought maybe it was just one that was bad? But both I purchased are doing this. Sure I can pull the lever on the side and return the stool to its desired height but it only takes a few moments for the cylinder to begin failing again

Got these at a great price option, I shopped around and found these to be the best looking and shipping quick for my AirBnB apartment. I recommend them, they're not the most comfortable to use while not eating, but they do the job with enough padding and price point.

I love this bar stool, it's everything I want in a bar stool. It looks very nice in my home, the hydraulic lift on it is very responsive, and the design is both elegant, and comfortable. The bar stool offers full support for your entire body and I can sit in this stool for hours. The bar stool also swivels which is nice as well.

easy to assemble,very comfy,and the height is great,also very attractive

Easy to assemble, and very practical.

Nice looking Barstool. Overall, comfortable for short sitting periods. Could use a bit more support for longer sitting periods

This chair is great, easy to put together, looks nice, comfortable. But, I've had it three months and the foot rest just broke on one end where it's soldered to the main part of the chair. It'll be easy to weld back together, but still.

These are NOT black leather like shown in the ad. Extremely disappointed as they do not match the decor of my home.