I LOVE my new dining room set! It was out of stock when I decided on this set but was worth the wait for it to come in. I put it together myself without any help and it was easy to assemble. I've already gotten so many compliments on it. The color of the fabric is slightly different from the picture...I would say more of a very pale gray. The only "negative" I would give it is that is VERY WELL packaged, almost too well! It took me a while to release all the staples and straps that secured the pieces. But, everything came in undamaged and there were no problems with pieces fitting together. I would buy this set again.