I was very pleasantly surprised by this table.  It is large, well designed, and looks great in our front room.   It is very heavy--I had to remove the pieces from the box on the front porch.  Other reviews said it took quite a while to assemble, so I timed myself.  I couldn't believe it would take the 3 hours others had mentioned.  Sure enough, it took almost exactly 3 hours, but it is almost completely knocked down for shipping and the instructions were reasonable (I could make a couple of improvements :<)  I really enjoy assembling knock down furniture, so I had fun putting this together.