Let me preface, I am a 69 year old woman and have been putting things together since my husband died.  As in a previous review the sitting is awkward, but I came from using a house chair to this.  I will not be sitting on the furniture for hours and for occasional use it is fine. I did buy a bolster pillow for the loveseat when I went to a craft fair and it works well.  Putting it together was simple. the only thing was I put the chairs and loveseat on their sides when attaching the seat to the frame.  For me working alone, it was easier that way to line up the holes.  I have the set on my porch and can use it 3 seasons, summer is just too hot here in Fl.  Sat on it yesterday to read and it was fine.  I gave it a 4 because of the awkward seating but I think I will adjust to the seating.