It was easy to put together, but a lot of the wood is mis colored (I got the grey one which is stained grey -- just not evenly throughout) ...The cushions are also more blue than grey -- not a "blue-grey" ...they are blue! Im not a big fan of blue and it meant all of the grey accented throw pillows I bought to compliment the set didn't match and had to be returned! ....and with just 2 weeks of being outside, the cushions have all been sun damaged. literally stained by the sun ...faded in huge spots and now it looks as if this set (that I paid $900 for) is about 5 years old and not take care of. The second star is because the structure of the set and the firmness  of the cushions is nice -- but the rest is disappointing.