I love this piece of furniture also.. it matches all the other furniture outside and looks great.. its the end of the season now in Az. So I dont know how it will do next year in the heat.. I will have to follow up later on that.. but it looks great seems pretty solid and I hope will last for many yrs to come. I bought the warrantee on all of my items because of the extreme heat here.. 
But so far so good.. and don't forget you have to wax each piece every season so be sure to do that before putting it together.. fyi