We purchased this for our son's college apartment, because the rooms are very small & there's no seating area.  Two placemats fit perfectly on the tabletop, it looks great beside the living room window & the tabletop looks great with the flooring!  Assembly does take some time, since my hubby needed to use an Allen wrench (that was provided) for a lot of the screws.  It doesn't take up much space & my son loves it!!!