I bought this table because the leaf stores inside of the table. This is really convenient! Just understand that you are getting what you pay for. The furniture is decent, and the chairs are fairly comfortable, but you have to put it all together yourself, and it is not the highest quality of materials. I recommend getting a drill bit for the fallen wrench so you do not have to rely on your own power for everything. I used the drill, then hand tightened everything at the end. I did not have any major issues putting it together. I had one small issue with getting the tabletop to line up with the base of the table, but I simply rotated the table and it fell into place. You will need a second person to help lift the table top onto the base if you are small like me. It is very easy to extend the table as needed, but I typically keep it closed to save space. I would have liked the option of adding on two extra chairs, but I could not figure out a way to do that.