Pros: This is a truly beautiful and well-made piece of furniture. It was easy to assemble once removed from the packaging, and I love how sturdy it is.

Cons: The packaging includes the stapling of long thick straps to the underside of the coffee table.  These straps allow for smaller the smaller assembly parts to be stored tightly along the underside of the table for shipping.  However, removing these staples and straps was difficult even with plyers.  In the time it took me to remove the staples and straps from the underside of the table top I could have assembled the entire coffee table at least twice.