My husband and I love our dining set and it's beautiful.  The table is sturdy and the chairs are study enough, my biggest complain is that the paint on the top of the table has come off VERY easily.  So now our beautiful dining set looks horrible because you can see the light color birch-colored wood under the grey-ish paint.  I should note that I didn't scrub the table with anything but this has happened through normal wiping and cleaning of the table.