I wanted to love this, and truly it is beautiful in person. I ordered the natural color and it's not very orange, it's just a warm light wood tone streaked with richer colors. Like others mentioned the finish may not be the best but I was happy to use some clear placemats and just enjoy the look of it, but 4 months into ownership there's a massive crack which goes through the full width which seemingly randomly developed in the table. There's been no pressure applied, I didn't over-tighten the bolts, I haven't moved it, I haven't even had anyone use the table in the place the crack developed. It appeared on the bolt line and I'm now concerned about stability of the table, and another random crack appeared along the glue between the wood slabs.  Might be a one off, might be faulty construction, please be reconsider ordering it.