We set it up last evening and will be enjoying it tonight. The cushions are pretty good in thickness. I would suggest if you have high ceding patio are like ours this set is lower to the ground so look at height before you purchase. The gray color is pretty, I thought I had ordered the dark but I’m not disappointed I with this color. As far as putting it together... it took amost 3 hrs to assemble. If you have tools, use your own wrench job will go by faster than the wrench provided.