When I purchased this set on a lightning deal, my husband would not stop talking about how flimsy it looked on the picture and told me that it would soon be trash. Once I got it, it took me about 3 months to open the box because I felt bad about my purchase (we've had several bad experiences with "deals"). Once we closed on our country home, we did not have much furniture at all to take there, so I placed this sitting set (still on the box) on the back of the truck. Assembly took some 20 minutesSee full review