Love this set! The color was a nice dark brownish gray. I expected the cushions to be ivory but they are actually more like a light grey/khaki color and have some variation in the thread color. I wasn't pleasantly surprised and actually prefer the actual color of the cushions to what I was expecting. I was also concerned about the thickness of the cushions after some reviews but I think they are just fine. Took my husband a little less than 2 hours to assemble by himself. He did state that the directions were 't great and that he had to makeshift a few things (like a drill hole not being where it was supposed to be) but he seemed to get done with relative ease. The box is heavy though when delivered. We had to inch it into our garage and then open it up and take the pieces one by one to our back porch to assemble. No way we could have carried that box all the way to our back porch just the two of us. Really happy with this purchase, especially for the price!