Looks like a great chair, BUT the packaging is a concern
The room where this chair is going is not completed yet, so it has not been removed from the box. It had to be opened for a quick inspection, and looks like a beautiful piece of furniture. But, what really surprised me was the lack of appropriate packaging for an upholstered item. Items like this should ALWAYS have a thick piece of foam on top so that if someone cuts too deeply into the top of the box, the upholstery won’t get cut. Of course, there are warning labels everywhere saying not to use box cutters and other sharp objects to open these packages, but you KNOW that people will, so to help prevent accidents, that foam piece should be added to this and EVERY upholstered item pre-shipping! (01/10/22 update: had issues with this chair, reached out to the seller who is working with me to try to make things right. Hope it turns out well.) (01/21/22 update: the seller offered a replacement chair, which unfortunately had more defects than the original, so I’m just chalking this up to a visually pretty chair that is poorly made. FYI: Pay attention to the right-side in picture 4, because that’s how BOTH my chairs look! i will probably NEVER be able to get the right arm to line up with the studs on the right armrest, as this picture shows and proves! The left side lines up slightly better, but the picture has a throw conveniently “hiding” that side! The replacement chair also came without Velcro on the chair to stick the back flap too, and the back flap had a red stain on it. The seller has been accommodating, but if I had to do it all again I would choose a different chair.)
Looks like a great chair, BUT the packaging is a concern
The room where this chair is going is not completed yet, so it has not been removed from the box. It had to be opened for a quick inspection, and looks like a beautiful piece of furniture. But, what really surprised me was the lack of appropriate packaging for an upholstered item. Items like this should ALWAYS have a thick piece of foam on top so that if someone cuts too deeply into the top of the box, the upholstery won’t get cut. Of course, there are warning labels everywhere saying not to use box cutters and other sharp objects to open these packages, but you KNOW that people will, so to help prevent accidents, that foam piece should be added to this and EVERY upholstered item pre-shipping! (01/10/22 update: had issues with this chair, reached out to the seller who is working with me to try to make things right. Hope it turns out well.) (01/21/22 update: the seller offered a replacement chair, which unfortunately had more defects than the original, so I’m just chalking this up to a visually pretty chair that is poorly made. FYI: Pay attention to the right-side in picture 4, because that’s how BOTH my chairs look! i will probably NEVER be able to get the right arm to line up with the studs on the right armrest, as this picture shows and proves! The left side lines up slightly better, but the picture has a throw conveniently “hiding” that side! The replacement chair also came without Velcro on the chair to stick the back flap too, and the back flap had a red stain on it. The seller has been accommodating, but if I had to do it all again I would choose a different chair.)