Really wish I could give this table a higher rating.  It's a beautiful table and I love the flexibility of the drop leaves and the shelving underneath.  However, the first clue that this table was not going to live up to its promise was how easily the top got scratched up during assembly, to the point that I keep it covered with a table cloth or runner to hide it. The second clue was how soon the wooden pull-out mechanism that props up the leaves became broken to the point that the leaves do not fully extend to a flat tabletop.  We have only had this table a few months and hadn't used it for a full meal more than a dozen times before the first leaf broke.   Now both are broken.  We are a family of adults who have treated the table gingerly, no kids.  So I imagine this could happen even sooner with any kind of youthful or careless handling.  Don't recommend buying it unless it's going to live with its leaves down most of the time.