I ordered this coffee table for either my staging business or my own living room where there is a grand piano and navy blue walls with a large handmade Turkish rug. It looks great. It looks exactly as it does in the pictures. The quality is hard to beat at this price. The design is simple elegance, looks classy and is also sturdy. I did not want a second shelf for a cleaner, less cluttered and more airy look with the medallion of the rug showing. I ordered a couple of other coffee tables through W. at the same time from other manufacturers and have to say this is the best quality and most impressive among them all.