My boyfriend and I chose this table because of it's look, but also the listed height of the bottom shelf. We have a wall vent in the spot where this table goes and we needed a console table that had a bottom shelf high enough off of the ground to clear the vent. This was one of few we could find that fit the bill. However, when it arrived and I put it together we had two problems. The first was that things were not super well constructed and the legs were uneven. The second was that the bottom shelf was not at the height they had listed and so it did not meet our needs. We decided to just deal with it and added washers to the legs to make up the height difference. It can't be seen from most angles, so it worked out, but the whole experience was frustrating.