Love love this swing! It looks very nice just as pictured It went together fairly easily. Its comfortable and swings smoothly and feels solid with me, myself and our two year old on it which totals about 350 pounds although I don't know that it would feel as solid with very much more weight. It's on our front porch. If you are putting it in your yard uncovered you will probably want to give it another coat of some kind of waterproofing stain or paint so it will last longer.