The console table arrived fairly quickly and was packaged extremely well.  It took me about an hour to put it together...the instructions were a bit sketchy, but the pics helped a lot, so I had no problem whatsoever.  This is a solid, sturdy and well~built console and it looks expensive.  It is a very nice addition to my entryway.  I purchased the dark taupe and was hoping, from reading some of the reviews, that it would be more of a gray...and it is!  And I could not be more pleased.