We've only been using the umbrella for a couple of months and the color is already faded.  But the worst part is that we are now unable to close it!  We have had our handyman, who can fix just about everything, try  to do it and he can't.  I'm going to contact Wayfair to see if I can get my money back.  I don't even know how I'm going to be able to get rid of it unless I beat it up so it closes.