We were so excited to order the chiminea and could not wait to get it. However, we just had it a week and it is terrible. The smoke keeps backing up through the front opening, no matter how far back you set the wood. It’s as if it was a fire pit... what’s the point of the chimney is it doesn’t work?  It rained once and the finish is already running off... it looks terrible. We would return it in a heartbeat but don’t want to deal with the mess now that it’s all dirty. What a disappointment:(