Although generally attractive looking once it's put together, the assembly is the big drawback with this end table. It comes in a lot of pieces and takes quite a bit of time to put together properly.  There was a very minor amount of chipping on the edge of one of the panels but, thankfully, it ended up being in the back on the bottom edge, so it doesn't really show.  There's also a somewhat heavy smell of laminate or something used in manufacturing the piece (glue? resin?) that takes a long time to dissipate.  Overall, it was not that great of a deal in price for the quality and time-consuming assembly.