We could not be happier with our new garden furniture. The packaging was sublime there was no damage. Only the table legs needed construction and fixing to the tabletop. The craftsmanship is outstanding. The chairs are really comfortable with or without the cushions. Being in Plymouth UK, and having spoken to boat builders, we were advised to use boiled linseed oil on it for added weather protection. So that's been done and other than personal use for breakfast, coffee mornings, gardening breaks, after work resting place with a gin and a crossword, we've also had two evening events, a cream tea with friends and a family birthday BBQ. With this weather long may it continue. It's turned my newly landscaped garden now into another room, and is everything I had hoped for.