The set is terrific looking in person. As others have written, it is pretty annoying to put together. The directions are minimal but it's pretty obvious what to do, especially if you have built other furniture before. But, it's super tedious because the pieces don't fit together easily so you need to use a little elbow grease, so to speak, and the little tool to turn the bolts really doesn't provide much leverage at all. So even when we got a rhythm down working on the chairs together, they still took at least a half hour each because of how long it takes to tighten all the bolts. Also I would follow others' recommendations to tighten all of them sort of simultaneously, like don't tighten any of them all the way until you get all the bolts going. I'll be honest, it's a pain to put together. But, the end result, is worth it. the chairs are really really comfortable, especially for outdoor furniture and they look great.