This coffee table is just ok. You get what you pay for. Super easy to assemble. I didnt even really need the instructions. Its lightweight and doesnt take up a lot of visual space in the room. I got the walnut color. As other reviewers noted, it is much darker in person than in the photos, which is why Im giving it 3 stars. I wish Id paid more attention to that when ordering. In addition to being darker than pictured, the veneer is not very dynamic--not a lot of wood grain in the veneer, its just sort of a flat brown with faint wood-like markings here and there. I wish I had gone for the maple instead. But at this price, it will work for now.