Very sturdy and look great in our yard. It is shorter than I would have liked, but I did not read the description well. I ordered this because I felt it was more secure for the kids than having individual chairs that cold tip over when the kids got roudy. I have two step grandchildren a year apart in age and they can't go more than a minute with aggrating each other and then the fighting begins. The 3 year old ends up in the middle thinking he is old enough to rough house without getting hurt in the process.