I'm an MCM afficionado and broke my purist rule to buy this coffee table. As it turns out, my wife and I had fun putting it together AND we love it!  It works very well with our entirely MCM living room. The only reason why I did not give it 5 stars is that some of the wood paper appliqué was torn in a small spot.  It was like this when we received it.  I used a little glue and glued it back on and it looks fine now.  Great piece, great price, full of oomph!