It took forever for me to find a round coffee table with a bottom shelf that wasn't super huge for our small space. We have this in front of a sectional and it allows plenty of room to walk around it, while still allowing storage in a basket on the shelf. It was very very easy to put together--it took longer to open the box and cut through all the tape than to assemble the actual furniture! The one thing that threw me off is that the metal isn't completely black as it looks in the photos. It's more of a brown/black speckled look in direct sunshine. I would have preferred all black, but that's the only thing I would change.