It's very pretty and the assembly instructions were mostly very clear except the photocopy of the pictures (rather than sending me an original) made it very difficult to tell exactly how a few of the parts were to be placed.  I'm usually very good at putting together furniture so it was frustrating to have this lack of clarity when it would have been so easy if the pictures were good.  weather here has made it impossible to try it out yet so I have no idea about actual usage yet.  also it would have been very helpful if along with a full page of "warnings" about usage, there was some information about how far away the fire pit might generate heat or what would be a safe distance.