Difficult to put together as the simple stick-figure type of instructions leave out important techniques. Do not try and assemble all of the legs at once. I tried this approach and failed miserably. The real trick is getting the metal triangle in the middle that both holds and separates the legs at just the right angle. Best approach is to leave the bolts on the legs connected to the glass slightly loose so you have play in the angle of the leg. Then, its a matter of just jimmying the legs a bit here and there to get the right angle for them to bolt to the metal triangle in the middle. Having said all of that, its a beautiful and very sturdy table. The top is beveled tempered glass.