I just moved into a new apartment and found this unbelievably difficult to assemble thing in front of me.  I ended up taking the table top (with red paint on one side of this black thing) and placing it on an old black table I had.  It's awful when you're not warned about what you're getting.  I'm just happy I didn't get anymore unusable stuff from this place. The remainder of the table is in my closet and ready to be thrown out.  What a waste!