Alpine Corporation Indoor/Outdoor 3-Piece Bistro Set Folding Table and Chairs Patio Seating, Orange

This is a very pretty little set. I wanted an inviting portable bistro that can sit on the porch in good weather and crowd into the mud room when it’s not so nice out (so the mud can become a “three-seasons” room).It works perfectly for that. It’s small and light enough that the kids can move the table and chairs, or fold and stash them, without needing help (kids are 5 and 9).The color is a nice blue that isn’t overstated; so it goes well with the muted colors of my older house. It becomes the focal point without being obnoxiously in your view all the time.The chairs are comfortable. The table is sturdy. What’s not to love?Well, two small things, that I only mention because this is a review. And neither is serious enough to keep me from buying again; especially since the price for the set is so reasonable.Number one, I’m 6’2″ and 225 pounds. I feel like the chairs are strong enough for me….but only just. I sit in them, but I don’t think I’d flop down into one after an afternoon of mowing the lawn. It’s also on the small side for me. I am among the largest of my friends and family so I don’t think this is a concern for most of the others, and so long as I am chatting with a friend or sipping on coffee in the morning, I don’t notice. I wouldn’t stand on it to put a light bulb in the porch light, or sit on uneven grass with it, and after a while it’s just too small so I move to a larger chair. For the price, it’s not a complaint or concern; it’s an observation only because this is a review and because I am probably larger than the average consumer.The second is even more minor. There are small plastic bumpers that help the folding bits line up. They keep the paint from scratching and so on. This is a good thing. However, I tend to keep things for decades (waste not, want not!) and my engineering brain wonders what will happen when the little plastic bits are worn out, and if that will be in one year or fifty. It’s not enough of a concern that I’ve even bothered to see if they can be found separately from the bistro set, or even enough that I’ve bothered to take them off and see what happens if they don’t exist at all. They aren’t structural and I only point it out because this is a review and I tend to think of things as they will exist in a future generation.Aside from those two observations, the point of the review is, unless you’re very large or plan to use these as structural components of some sort of patio-furniture lawn-fortress, they’re just the thing for the price, because you’ll pay a lot more to get a little more, and you won’t regret these at all.Mine will probably also serve as an overflow lunch table in the house for the kids; and I expect it will probably end its days in one of their rooms or a playhouse somewhere, because it’s not too big for them and it’s that nice looking. I might even buy the exact same set to replace it!