Cosco 11120CBB1E Black Retro Counter Chair / Step Stool, Black

Received 4/9/2025 just put together today (woman no help asked for). I took a tip from a previous reviewer and didn't tighten too tight putting the left side together. When attaching the steps to the right side, I did tighten all of them well. I'm not too sure about the seat, after putting in the "pivot" screws (L) it's not even. The seat does easily lift up and goes down level though. The vintage one I had my Grandmother commandeered and then a step-sister took it when Grandma passed. It's not just handy for tall shelves, but when something needs a lot of attention on the stove or waiting for something, it's nice to have a seat to rest on. It was my kids' favorite place to sit in the kitchen when I was cooking also.

This is a great chair! My mom has major mobility issues needed something strong and sturdy to sit on when she wants to do stuff in the kitchen. Not difficult for her to move and we absolutely love it! It was the best choice! I’ve actually had it for a while now and no issues.

Read the assembly instructions carefully all the way through before you begin. The legs are not marked ‘left’ or ‘right’ and if you get them mixed up, the back and the brace for the steps won’t fit. Once I figured that out, assembly was easy. The stool performs as expected.

My wife wanted this. I first ordered from a company I misunderstood to be Costco. It wasn't. I was scammed so I've paid for this twice. The stool is of ok quality, I think it is safe. The main thing is my wife enjoys what it adds to her kitchen.

This is a stable, attractive kitchen stool providing safe steps to reach those high cabinets in the kitchen. I like to sit on it while tending my range.

We were looking for this specific design from my wife's childhood. After a problematic assembly, the end results fit that need perfectly. A trapped stepstool slides neatly under the high stool when not in use. It's great for grandkids sitting at the table and helps shorter folks reach top shelves.Now, on the assembly. The first issue is with the really cheap hardware, screws and washers so cheap and soft that the phillips head strips with a tiny manual screwdriver. Threads don't fully match. Lock washers break in half when the screw is moderately tightened. Wood screws are used to fasten the seat to plastic stanchions. Wood screws use a tapered thread, so it only grabs with a the largest diameter of the screw. A screw made for the purpose has larger threads of equal diameter.The instructions depend far too heavily on drawings. I pretty much promise you that you will be partially disassembling the thing at least once. Twice for me. The packaging was a real surprise. Everything was wrapped in plastic, paper and cardboard. There is no way this item is going to get damaged in shipping without some serious heavy equipment being misused. That's nice but it took 1/2 hour to unpack all the parts.In the end, the antique version of this step stool is much better built, with stronger parts, but good luck finding one without a cracked or brittle seat and rusting chrome pieces. So we will be using this piece for the rest of our days - if it hold up.

ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOWupdate: Day 4 and I honestly don't know how many hours wasted. Yesterday I put in the last amount of effort this pile of scrap is getting. So I just read every 1 star review; it's not me it's the product. My fingers, all of them, are aching; my carpal tunnel is acting up. I have a banged up bridge of my nose from the seat flipping down on me as I was underneath it trying to put in the "pivot" screws (another buyer wrote about getting their ankle bitten similarly). The holes do NOT align; the screws are NOT long enough (especially the 2 'long' screws); only 2 of 4 legs touch the ground even after very careful, precise final tightening (tightening: if you even get close to seated, the opposite side screw will seize. If I undo the first screw, eventually get the second one to unseize, then seat the second first, the first will seize). You can't get at the under-step screws with a normal length driver (can't seat it) or a stubby handle (can't seat it), so, I found, a short small diameter handle driver was best (loosely speaking) which means all tightening was done using finger strength!The only way I got the seat on was to back off all screws, put the seat bottom up on the recliner, place the legs&steps upside-down over the seat, visually find center, and then place and tighten the pivot screws (speaking of which I prepped the holes by screwing in a slightly oiled screw with nothing attached to make sure each would not bind and would fully seat). This was the only way to get the seat on and centered. Succes, I thought. For the 3rd time I carefully tightened all the other screws. Put it upright on floor and it rocks on 2 legs.If I back out one of the 2 'long' screws, I can get to minimal rock but I can't tell how many turns into the leg that screw is holding on by.At only 4 more attachments it would be done. But I stopped there last night and cursed the company. I can't trust the integrity of this stool. And I don't trust the integrity of this company.Now I have to disassemble it, pack it back up, and haul it over to a shipping outlet. I'm getting my money back.To them who got their's to assemble relatively easily and with a level squared off seat plus steps, congrats to you. But also, you got a good run of parts. The problems some of us encountered are systematic of a poor design that the designers "solved" with higher hole location tolerance. And those 2 long screws: those were never gonna be allright. You need to give that more thought.ORIGINAL REVIEWThe assembly is so bad I was wondering if I got one that was mis-manufactured. Good luck putting this together if you don't have man hands and man strength. I feel disrespected as a female and older consumer. I've assembled a lot of items, a lot of furniture, a lot of gadgets... but the design-for- assembly aspect of this product is abysmal. Company needs to do more ( some? ) consumer input.

I WAS REMEMBERING MY GRANDMA HAD ONE THIS ONE IS SMALLER THAN MY GRANDMA BUT I LOVED IT - I AM GOING TO KEEPING GOING TO YARD SALE AND FIND THE ORIGINAL I WAS TOLD IT WAS STEEL AND IT WAS ONE PIECE