I love the idea of this set and it has held up nice over the last year, BUT THE SMELL. It has that processed furniture smell no matter what I do. I've washed it, left it out in the rain (without the cushions of course) and HOPED it would go away after a year but it's STILL THERE. It's so bad that sitting on it for an hour, you start to just feel it in your throat. I'm so sad but I probably need to replace this already. SO VERY DISAPPOINTED. I'm giving it a couple stars still since it really has held up well over the year but if you can't use it comfortably what's the point?