Wulfern Aspronisi Iron 3 Piece Bistro Set

A round table and two armchairs in matte green powder-coated iron, cut with a leaf and daisy pattern, rated to 250 pounds per seat.

• A table set for two

  You get one round table and two armchairs, scaled for a balcony, a landing, or a corner of the porch. The top stands 30 inches high and 24 inches across, which holds two plates and two mugs without crowding, and the seats sit 18.25 inches off the ground so you pull straight in the way you would at a kitchen table.

• One tube, one panel

  Each chair is built around a single curved tube that runs from one armrest, around the back, and down to the other. A flared solid panel stands behind the seat, the seat pan is a pressed sheet, and four tapered legs finish in black glide caps. The round top sits on four legs that bow outward to a low circular ring stretcher.

• The cut-out pattern

  Both seats carry a laurel of leaf shaped cut-outs, and the table repeats the motif as a border ring around a small daisy at the center. It is what keeps a metal set from reading heavy. The cut-outs are decorative rather than a full drain, so after a downpour the flat middle of a seat can still hold a puddle. Tip the chair forward or pass a cloth over it.

• What the assembly takes

  Assembly is required at home and two people are suggested for the job. Every tool you need is packed in the carton. Build the two chairs first, then the table base and its ring stretcher. The bolts on the table brace are supplied in plain black rather than matched to the finish, and they stay visible once installed. Check every fastener again after the first week.

• The chairs stack

  Each chair weighs 8 pounds and the pair stacks, so the set clears a small balcony in one trip when you need the floor for something else. The whole set is 27 pounds assembled, which one person can carry and reposition through the day to follow the shade.

• What goes wrong with this set, and how to put it off

  One failure accounts for most of the bad experiences people have with this design, and it is worth reading before you buy. These frames are iron under a powder coat, and that coat is the only thing between the metal and the weather. The reported timelines are short and consistent - some within the first season, a few after the first heavy rain - and several of those owners had the set on a covered porch. Dry the surfaces after rain and after the sprinklers rather than leaving them wet, touch up a chip or a deep scratch the week you find it, keep the set under cover in heavy weather, and store it indoors over winter. A clear outdoor top coat over the whole frame before the first season is cheap insurance and is what we would do if it will live in the open. If the set is going somewhere it will be rained on and left, buy aluminium or resin instead - this one will not reward it.

• 250 pounds per seat

  Each chair carries a capacity of 250 pounds, and that figure is per seat rather than a total for the set. The table is sized for plates, glasses and a small planter. Use it as a surface and not as a step or a seat, since the top is a pressed sheet on four slender legs.

• What arrives in the box

  Three pieces ship: two armchairs and one round table. The table is 11 pounds, each chair is 8, and the shipment is 27 pounds in total. It travels by ground carrier in cartons that pass through a standard doorway, with no freight appointment and no curbside handoff.

Good to know

• Tape a 24 inch circle for the table, then 20.82 by 20.57 inches for each chair.
• Seat height is 18.25 inches; the table top sits 30 inches off the ground.
• It suits a balcony, a landing or a porch corner. Leave room to pull both chairs back.