The furniture is beatiful on my outdoor patio. It came opposite as shown in the picture, like many others have stated. It was easy to assemble, however I recommend to use a socket wrench and Allen key rather than the tiny ones in the box for easier assembly, which may help the alignment issue others were having as you have a bit more torque available with a socket wrench than a tiny piece of metal. I also doubled the washers than what was included so that you have one on each side.