Chinese craftmanship needs to improve.  The pieces do not fit well together and 90 degrees angles are more like 80 to 100 degrees.  A few threaded pieces were partially filled with leftover solder metal.  The box containing the small hardware had been cut and taped back causing the small hardware bag to partially empty in the box.  This may also have been the cause of missing hardware.  Instructions indicate that the time to assemble is about 90 minutes.  I am quite mechanically skilled and my wife and I spent most of the day assembling this set.  The cushions are not weather proof, just weather tolerant and they need to be brought in before a rain.  On the positive side, the table is well built with good quality materials and it is solid.  We wish that the rest of the set was built that way.