I'm a pretty handy engineer, and assembling this table was not a fun experience. First, getting the lower shelf attached to the inverted table requires at least one helper to keep the thing balanced at the right level while you get the bolts in. And then the placement of the bolts makes tightening them a real pickle. I was also disappointed that ours arrived with a bit of a ding on one edge of the bottom shelf and a nick in the metal finish, but thinking about what a pain it would be to ship back, I decided it was nothing that a little brown shoe polish and a black Sharpie couldn't fix. It's a great looking table for displaying those coffee table books without the books getting in the way of your coffee.  In spite of its considerable heft, it's still VERY mobile on the caster wheels, so we can't leave our toddler alone with it until I put in some mechanism to keep the wheels from turning!