Not a bad table. It's currently sitting in my waiting room. Instructions were not so simple to read (the pieces were not labeled and the instructions were not clear at all). Once I got the first one put together (which I guessed on for most of the construction), I had to remember how I did it in order to get the second put together in reasonable time. It's not a terribly expensive-looking piece, but it's not cheap-looking, either. Very contemporary and looks great in my small space. The espresso color is close to black. But still looks nice. If you lookclosely at it you can tell it is a laminate material. Otherwise, it is a great piece. I would buy this again. Also, there's not much room on the tabletop part. I have a medium sized lamp sitting on it, and that's all that will fit! Good for small decorative pieces or for eating in front of a tv or something....