I love this table and would have given it 5 stars, if not for the size of the chairs. I read all the questions about what size chair pad to buy etc, so I had a clear idea of the seat dimension and those answers were totally misleading. The chair seat is 17x16 and will not take a 20x20 or 24x22 size chair pad as stated in the answers. They are comfortable chairs considering they have no pads, but short for a big or tall person. I wish I had just bought the table and found other chairs. However, it is a beautiful set, and seem like it good quality. I plan to leave it out year round under a covered patio. It seems like this will hold up and look good doing it. We had no problems putting it together and it arrived quickly and was packaged well.