The table is really beautiful.  I had been stalking it for months while our house was being built and am so glad we were finally able to buy it.  The top is super heavy, it was hard to even get it inside with two of us.  Like another reviewer suggested, we assembled the top of the table with the base right side up, (knowing how heavy it was, we didn't want to try to flip it right side up after it was assembled) and it worked great for us.