Once assembled, the table is as nice as it appears but BEWARE - the chairs are NOT assembled and the instructions describe a much more complicated method of completing the job. Others may receive a better set and may have an easier time of it, but the metal pieces in mine were not engineered precisely, and did not fit without more than a little "reshaping" to bend them into place. Altogether it took me about 90 minutes to put together 4 chairs, around 3 times longer than necessary. For any other person who isn't great with tools, if you get a set that doesn't fit like mine, I promise you will be cursing Ashely's before it is all over with. I know I was. I gave three stars because it now works just fine and family over this thanksgiving really liked it.