The coverlet and pillow shams are pretty and very, very soft.  The coverlet is just the right lightweight for a mid-Atlantic summer and I suspect with comforter layered underneath, it'll be just fine for winter.  The decorative pillows are nice, though I'd just as soon as traded one or more of them for a bedskirt.  That said, the coverlet is long enough that I don't really need a bedskirt.