These nightstands come completely unassembled and it takes a couple of hours to assemble each one.  The nightstands are made of press board but are thick and heavy.  The only 'iron' part is a tubular metal base.  The finish is very resistant and well done as I slipped the screwdriver multiple times during assembky across the finish and it did not leave any marks.  The design on the drawer fronts is very nice and modern. As with most of these assembly instruction manuals, you have to figure out some of it on your own.