Martha Stewart Outdoor Furniture Reviews

The glass top of our Martha Stewart lazy suzan top table exploded. This happened during the spring of this year, not the hot summer.

I was standing about 2 feet from the table with infant daughter in my arms when table just basically exploded. Thank God I had a cover on it to contain the glass. It is quite obvious Martha Stewart and Kmart are aware of this dangerous situation and putting people at risk for serious injury!

I purchased the entire Martha Stewart outdoor furniture set several years ago, swing, loveseat, chairs, coffee table, umbrellas and tables with lazy Susans. Two years after I purchased this set, the glass on the leaf design coffee table shattered into a hundred pieces. The following year, the glass on the round table shattered. I still have all of my receipts and photographs to prove the damage. The damage was not due to abuse by the owner. A defect in the product is obviously the cause. It is just unfortunate when you spend a lot of money on a product, take good care of it, and it is no longer usable due to a defect that apparently the manufacturer and distributor knew about.

I purchased two Martha Stewart outdoor furniture sets there within a 4-year period. Both glasstop tables shattered. I never put two and two together until I saw something on television last night about the exploding Martha Stewart tables. Then I went online and found this huge site about all the complaints with the tables. I am so angry because the first table that shattered spewed the glass onto my driveway and all over the hood of my SUV. It was all scratched. I had to pay to have the hood repainted because it was a leased Mercedes vehicle. I no longer have receipts or anything, but I just wanted to let my complaints be heard as well. Thank you.

I purchased Martha Stewart's Augusta set of six chairs, two tables and umbrella for $586.11 on 6/28/03. In the summer of 2006, my grandson went outside and discovered the table had shattered in millions of pieces. It took months to get all the pieces picked up. There should be some compensation for this gross negligence in manufacturing.

I purchased a Martha Stewart patio set with a glass top table from Kmart. It was purchased in the spring of 2005. It was assembled by Kmart for a fee. The set included the table, 6 chairs and an umbrella. We also purchased a matching bar with 4 stools. All of this was assembled by Kmart. We enjoyed our table for all of a year, when one morning I looked out on my deck only to find that the table had shattered into a million tiny pieces. Luckily, there were no major injuries, only small cuts from spending numerous hours cleaning it up. I now have a table frame with no glass, 6 chairs and the worry that the bar will also shatter without any warning. Please think twice before buying any Martha Stewart patio sets since neither she nor Kmart stand behind their products.

I just saw a story on the news about Martha Stewart and outdoor table tops that shattered. Ours did too, for no reason. It was neither too hot nor cold and no one was around - nothing fell on it. It just shattered all over (and below) our raised deck, putting our family and pets in danger. The glass was cleaned off the deck, but remains underneath as it is difficult to get to it completely. The glass still remains under the deck where people and pets travel many times in the summer, without shoes.

We purchased a glass table patio set from Kmart made by Martha Stewart. For no reason at all, the glass table top exploded into a million pieces. It sounded like a gun went off! There was glass everywhere! Thank goodness no one was sitting at the table when it exploded, especially our children. I had no idea why this happened but went out again to Kmart in search of a matching table for our six chairs. I bought another one at Kmart and after now reading these complaints and hearing a story on the news, I am concerned about the table exploding again! Consequences: a lot of time, energy, and money sunk into a poorly manufactured product which could potentially cause serious injuries.

My husband and I purchased a Martha Stewart glass table with 4 chairs and cushions last summer for our outdoor deck. We were so happy with our purchase and the style. Much to our surprise, one day the table just shattered into millions of pieces it seems. It was a complete mess! We are now left with 4 chairs and chair cushions but no table. It was a complete set and now seems like a complete rip off.

It appears that I am one of the many who purchased a Martha Stewart exploding outdoor table from Kmart (Victoria). Mine exploded in December of 2007 and I assumed it was a manufacturing flaw in the glass. I contacted Kmart and the only thing they said they could do for me was sell me a matching table for the set, which I reluctantly purchased (not realizing that this issue was prevalent among the line and assuming that Martha Stewart was a quality name. I had no reason to think this was anything except an isolated freak occurrence.

I purchased a Martha Stewart Olympia collection patio set around two years ago. On January 13th, 2009, while letting the dog outside I noticed that the glass from the table had shattered. I check around and there was nothing that may have broken the glass. I now have to replace the glass or the entire table. We purchased many items in this collection but now we have to replace it with something that does not match.

We have the Martha Stewart Everyday patio set and our table suddenly exploded for no reason. This product needs to be off the market before someone gets seriously hurt!

My Martha Stewart glass tabletop shattered this morning (1/09). The temp in Dallas, TX is 80 degrees, so that wasn't a problem. The glass top shattered without warning and dispersed all over my patio. It is a very dangerous area considering I have a young son.

I was watching a news cast about problems with the Martha Stewart Outdoor-line of furniture. Not only had I purchased one set (2004) but a second set in (2006). Just like the reports on the news, the glass top table just EXPLODED when nothing was on top of it but two people were simply moving it only a foot. After this incident that I thought was my fault because it shouldn't have been moved, I purchased another set the following spring; only because I was trying to match the original furniture left from the original purchase. However, that was also a waste because they change the colors every year so that you have to purchase a complete set. This tabletop also EXPLODED with no one around this time; the only explanation we could come up with was that the umbrella must have caused it. Now that I know that the material was defective it only makes sense. I now have two tables with no glass tops, since it is more expensive to have a glass replacement than it was to cut a piece of wood and cover it with a table cloth. Now I have two ugly tables covered with wood and table cloths and am out about 400 dollars.

We have a Martha Stewart Patio table which we purchased at Kmart in Spring Valley, CA in 2002. About a month ago, the glass tabletop shattered in small pieces. No one was home at the time, but my son noticed it when he went out onto the patio later. I haven't tried to contact Martha Stewart or Kmart yet. I just today decided to see if a replacement top was available, when I found a few articles on the internet regarding this issue and that it is a known problem with these tables. Who should I contact with respect to this issue?

I had a family gathering on the Fourth of July and we were playing cards and the darn thing just shattered!! Glass was in everybody's lap and it was a blessing no one got hurt!!! We still have the table itself and I would like to get reimbursed with another table, this time something with no danger involved.

Purchased a Martha Stewart patio set for Mother's Day a few years ago (may still have the receipt) from Kmart and one afternoon my teenage daughter calls me at work and said she heard something in the backyard that sounded like glass breaking. I called our neighbor who is a police officer to go check the backyard for me and he called and stated that everything was in order and that it looks like the table just shattered. Very disappointing. The ironic part about this is my daughter-in-law purchased the same set when I did and this past Sept 29th she called me and said that she and my son were walking out on their deck to have some morning coffee and as they opened their patio door to step outside...the table just shattered and scared the heck right out of them.

I opened the door to my patio & heard a strange sound. At first I thought it was a huge flock of birds. All of a sudden I saw the glass from my table raining down in little shards. It completely shattered without anyone or anything near it.

10-20-08 - Came home after being out for only 1 hour to find my patio table had exploded into a million pieces for no reason. Luckily no one was injured, but the cleanup was terrible! (I did take pictures to show what happened.) It was purchased at Kmart (Martha Stewart collection) about 4 years ago. I went online to purchase a new top and found this website. I am horrified to hear all these complaints about the same thing happening. There should be a major recall before someone gets seriously injured!!! I too, am now stuck with 6 chairs and no table and it looks like the cost to replace the top will be almost the cost to replace the whole set. THANKS MARTHA!!!!

Martha Stewart patio table glass top shattered into a million small pieces for no reason.

I purchased a Martha Stewart Melrose patio set in 2005 and in May 2008, it exploded. I noticed on the internet that there was a class action lawsuit for this type of situation, however, it was not for the set we purchase. I have been all over the internet and there are numerous complaints of this happening. I don't understand why everyone who has had this happen to them isn't included in this lawsuit. To purchase a replacement table is $139 BUT we have to pay an additional $125 for shipping. This is ridiculous! The glass exploded all over our deck. Fortunately, no one was hurt. We're out a table to match the 6 chairs we have!

In 2004 we purchased a patio table and 6 matching chairs from KMart which was sold under the Martha Stewart brand. Last week, the glass top on the table exploded into a million prices. It was a mess to clean up with razor sharp pieces spread all over the patio and the lower level walkout below.

Bought an outdoor table and 6 chairs from the Martha Stewart line at Kmart in 2004. In 2006, my son and I heard loud crash on patio. We discovered the table in thousands of pieces. Not understanding how this happened, I went back to Kmart and all they would do is sell me another table for $100 which I still have but now after reading this site, I am very nervous it will happen again. It appears to have happened to hundreds if not thousands of people. I cannot understand how it is still on the market. Also, now four of the six chairs have problems like bolt hinges breaking and pipe legs splitting. I hate to do this but looks like I need to throw this set out and start again (very expensive).

My glass table top just exploded. (Thank God) No one was on the enclosed deck when it happened. Glass everywhere some as small as hail... no cracks, etc. Nothing on top of the table! This is a definite safety hazard and I shudder to think of the small children that I've had playing there. Please recall these tables for safety sake.

The glass top of our patio table spontaneously shattered this week. We purchased it from Kmart in April 2002. It was from the Martha Stewart Collection. It happened late at night and nobody was anywhere near it. It was on a second story covered deck. It has made a huge mess and I am concerned for anyone who will walk around below the deck as thousands of pieces of tiny glass shards have now fallen through the slats of the wood flooring to the ground below. It will be nearly impossible to assure we have recovered all of the glass pieces.

Same here, (as many others have reported), I have a Martha Stewart Outdoor Patio Set, (leaf patterned, round glass table, with glass Lazy Susan & 5 chairs).... glass. Middle of the night, just heard a crashing sound outside. Surprised to see the entire glass top shattered into a gazillion pieces. Tiny shards!!! Nothing caused it. Nothing at all was even placed on the glass at the time of combustion. It apparently has spontaneously disintegrated just like the reports of many other Martha Stewart glass table tops. Glass is EVERYWHERE!!

I purchased the Victorian Glass table with the lazy susan with the 5 chairs about 4 years ago. I heard a sound outside in 05/08, like glass breaking, wondered what I had outside that would do that. When I went outside, the glass table was in a zillion pieces. I has a gazebo around it. I called the 800 consumer# for Martha Stewart products to report it and I was assured this was the first time they had heard about it. I came online today to try to find a replacement for the gazebo top that ripped and for my 3 seat swing, and found this site. So I am also lodging a complaint.

3rd patio table to shatter for no reason!!!! JUNK JUNK JUNK!!! I will NEVER buy anything Martha Stewart. JUNK.

Our patio table exploded into millions of pieces of glass while we were sitting at it eating dinner Sunday night, 9/28/08.

About 4 years ago we bought a Martha Stewart collection table and chairs set. Last weekend we came outside to find that the glass tabletop had shattered. The lazy susan was fine. I am trying to find a replacement top for it.

The glass top on my Martha Stewart patio table spontaneously exploded into a zillion pieces, VERY DANGEROUS

9/23/08 at5:15 A.M. I was getting ready to go to work when I heard a loud POP outside. Ilooked out of the back door and saw that our glass table top exploded all over half of the deck. After I got home from work I got to pick up the mess and use a butter knife to pick the glass from between the decking so my dog doesn't cut her paws.

Fortuntly for us, our table broke when we were in bed and we heard this loud crash. After investigating we found our leaf pattered cocktail table that we purchased from kmart, The martha stewart collection. Is in a million pieces. We could not figure out how it could break. It had the crackling noise after it broke for several minutes like a popping noise. Very unsafe. How many complaints does one company need to call for a recall. This without a dought needs some serious resolultion. These tables should be pulled off the market. And the company who manufatures the glass and the tables needs to be checked out to make sure they do not distribute such a defective product.

Over two years ago, we bought the Martha Stewart Collection patio furniture, a table and two lounge chairs with ottomons and covers for them. We also bought two of the matching fold-up chairs and fold-up lounge. Within the first month or so, I went up onto the pool deck and found the glass from the table was shattered in a million pieces like it fell straight through the table. I called K-Mart and they referred me to the manufacturer who sent me a replacement top for the table.

I purchased a Martha Stewart patio set (Victoria) with the glass top. I have the glass bar table. I have had it for 3 years and today 9-19-08 it shattered out of the blue. I am heart broken. It shattered into thousands of tiny pieces all over my deck.

Yesterday, sitting 20 feet away, I heard a loud noise and looked to find that glass table top had shattered. Nothing was on the glass itself, just a few things on the lazy susan, which did not break. Nothing fell on the glass or touched it that I can tell, it just shattered. Martha Stewart products are such junk, no more for us. We didn't save any glass but have a couple of pictures.

The Glass on the Bar top shattered,

my patio table just shattered for no reason..its made by Martha Stewart and was purchased at kmart.. they wont replace this table and the company who made it is no longer around...

My patio table from Kmart - Martha Stewart just shattered yesterday on my deck for no reason. I went online to try and order a replacement and found that thousands of other consumers have had the same thing happen and Kmart is not doing anything. We were lucky that we were not home at the time. I can't imagine what would have happened if we had been sitting there when it happened. It probably would have been in our face. The glass was everywhere on my deck and underneath. It is a mess to clean up and will probably never get it all picked up.

I looked outside and noticed that all of the glass had shattered from the table onto the ground and on my patio for no reason. Nothing hit it or fell on it. The glass was in a pile directly under and around the perimeter of the table. Earlier I thought I heard a strange crashing sound, but didn't look outside until later.

I purchased a Martha Stewart patio set. Table and 4 chairs with umbrella. The glass top of the table broke 2 weeks after I bought it. Somehow they replaced just the table for me with a new one. 1 year later, the glass top shattered all over my lawn again. It was so hard to clean up. We had to use a shop vac, and get all the pieces up so my 8 year old son would not step on any of the glass. It was a mess. It happened twice.

My victoria dinning set was purchased in 2004(?)--in Sept. 2005 the lazy susan part of it shattered. When I called to purchase a new one they told me it was still under warranity and replaced it on 10/05/2005. Now on Aug. 3rd, 2008 my table top exploded.

We purchased a Martha Stuart glass top table with 6 chairs and a matching umprella. We have had this set for a few years and this past week, the table just crumbled and pieces of glass flew everywhere. It was an awful mess to clean up and I suffered a few cuts.

On Saturday, August 30, 2008 my Martha Stewart patio table that was purchased at K-Mart exploded. Sending small shards of glass everwhere. It took my husband and myself hours to clean up. The public should know about this and there should be a recall on these tables. Even though being careful my husband and myself cut our foot. Ironically, my neighbor had the same table and it exploded about six months ago.

We purchased a Martha Stewart Collection patio set from K-Mart. We have owned it for a few years and out of the blue, without any odd weather or other issue, the table exploded with a million shards of glass all over. We unfortunatley have the same issues as so man others, with glass all over our deck, as well as falling through to the yard below. It has been impossible to get it all up, and we are very, very nervous about kids playing outside.

On Sunday 8/31/08 my glass top Martha Stewart patio table spontaneously shattered into a million pieces while my sister and I were sitting at it. My sister sustained a few cuts on her legs and feet from the broken glass. We were thankful it wasn't much worse and that our kids weren't sitting there. Is there any recourse or are these tables being recalled? I was shocked to see how many other people have reported the same thing.

purchased a martha stewart amelia island patio set, stored the table in the garage covered by blanket, came out to find it shattered all over garage floor, this occurred in feb. 2008

The glass table top from a Martha Stewart table shattered on August 19 2008 on my patio sending glass as far as 8 feet away from table.I purchased this table in approx. 2004

I was sitting by my pool with guests having coffee when my new Martha Stewart Melrose collection patio table glass suddenly shattered into thousands of tiny pieces. Shards of glass and hot coffee were everywhere. This is the area of our yard where everyone spends most of their time and are barefoot. When the glass shattered the glass went in the grass , on the pool cement deck, and in the pool.

The Martha Stewart Collection glass table, umbrella and chairs were purchased several years ago; one afternoon, about two weeks ago, we came home to find own glass top shattered on the patio. Thankfully, no one was around at the time

I purchased a glass table patio set acouple years ago from kmart. The glass top shattered. Kmart will do nothing for me. I spent almost $600.00 on this table. I am very mad and will never buy another thing from kmart or martha stewart again. also the weather proof chairs rusted and the cloth tore in pieces.

I purchased the victorian patio set a little over two years ago. I arrived home today to find the glass table shattered into a million pieces for no apparent reason. My dog had to have glass removed from his paw. I am very disappointed with the product and, from reading the reviews, I am not alone. Kmart will not assume any responsibility and neither will Martha Stewart. I would expect more from her company. Will never purchase any of her products again and urge everyone to do the same.

I arose this morning to find that the glass top on my Martha Stewart Outdoor Patio Furniture had exploded during the night.

I purchased a Martha Stewart glass table in 2003. In the past few years I know a few people that have had their table shatter for no reason. I thought I must have got a good one since it is five years old and fine. Well, yesterday it just shattered for no reason. Luckily it was far enough away from the pool which my daughter was swimming in at the time, and I was on the other end of the deck.

Retuned from a short vacation and found our formerly Martha Stewart endorsed patio table broken into countless shards. It is a few years old - but didn't expect this. We have 7 matching chairs, a small oval table, matching setee and a 'still in box' matching umbrella. Took some great pictures. No injurys but a major cleanup job as our patio has very deep joints in the concrete floor slab. Wife refuses to walk barefoot now - one of her passions.