The quality of the furniture exceeded my expectations.  Assembly was as expected from reading other reviews and we actually had fun putting it together.  I have only one minor complaint that kept me from rating 5 stars - the wood screws that are used to attach the chair cross-braces are junk. The heads easily strip out and the heads *broke off* two of the screws.  I do not understand why companies would let a part that probably costs 0.5 cent ruin a customer's out-of-box experience?