It's a beautiful table. It arrived in two separate boxes: one for the table top and one for the pre-assembled base. There are three holes in the top of the base where you insert small suction cups to secure the table top. The table top is heavy glass so I recommend having two people work together to put it down on the base to make sure it's centered. My only complaint is that the suction cups are only held in the base by a small nub and, if you lift the table top, the suction cups come out of the base (but they do stay stuck to the table top). The table is sturdy enough and the top is heavy enough that I doubt this will be a problem (we can put our feet up on the table without the top threatening to flip over) but I might secure the suction cups to the base with a hot glue gun just to be safe.