I love the look of this table and the assembly was relatively easy, it just takes awhile so give yourself a few hours! Unfortunately, one of the pieces of my table was banged up when I received. It wasn't enough to want to send the wholel thing back, especially since I was already over half way through setting it up. The true reason I rate this at 2 stars is because the lift top is difficult and awkward to lift. I have to grab both sides of the table to get it to lift properly. You can't lift it up just by grabbing the front and pulling it up/forward. It's extremely frustrating. I have never had a lift top table where you can't lift it in this manner. I'm disappointed because I need to use the lift top pretty often and it's quite a hassle.