We have had this table for a few months now. The table is beautiful and just the style my wife wanted. However, the durability and quality is just not there. While the table feels sturdy, the veneer is very thin and the underlayment should be harder. We were sitting at the table and someone was writing down addresses on a single sheet of paper. I no longer need the paper because I can read every persons address indented into the table. I couldn’t believe it when my wife told me, but you can see them plain as day, just as legible as they are on the sheet of paper. Now, I don’t care how much force you use when writing, you should not be able to essentially engrave the table through paper.