The quality is not much better than mid range.  I knew it wasn't real wood going into the purchase and have purchased furniture items that were faux wood before that have been just fine.  This piece, however, looks very fake and doesn't even have a similar look to real wood at all.  It was pretty disappointing actually and for a while there I thought about not even using it.  In the evenings with just lamp light it maybe looks okay.  However, in the daylight, even from across the room it looks terrible.  I'm thinking/hoping it will look a little better once I get more accents and décor on it.  At the moment I'm less than thrilled with the table.  One of the drawbacks to ordering furniture online - what looks fantastic in photos may not look as fantastic in person.