I've has this table for about an hour and can tell you that the weight of it is no joke. The box lists it as 63lbs for shipping, so it's probably 60lbs without the packing materials. The weathered gray finish is really a textured veneer, maybe a little plastic-y, with fake knotholes where the "whitewash" has puddled, so there are areas where it looks like white dots. Overall, not bad to look at, exactly what I expected based on reviews and photos, and should work nicely as a kitchen table for a family with two young boys. Two armless metal chairs fit side-by-side on the longer side (which I purchased from Target because they were exactly the same as this site but a lot cheaper.)