This table is beautiful and exactly what we needed. The color is perfect, the extendable length, and the umbrella hole in the middle are the features we desired. It is new, and it will need to be on our outside deck year round, so I cannot speak to how well it will wear through the Nebraska seasons, but we plan to follow the advice of others, sealing the wood with a finishing product and then purchasing and using a cover to protect it from the harsh snow and ice of winter.