I bought this because my husband would always set up a wodden tv tray at the couch to rest his coffee and books on as he read. He is a phd student - so that happened a lot and then there was a tray table set up in the middle of the living room ALL. THE. TIME. I love that this table slides under the couch, is slim, has clean lines, the glass is easy to clean, and it adds to the room instead of detracting like the tray tables were. It took about 7 minutes to put together and that is probably on the long side. Very easy assembly and then ready to use.