This table is beautiful, solid wood and very easy to put together. You only have to add the legs. I did apply some furniture wax on the drawers. They open and close pretty rough. The knobs that came with are super cute.. There was a slight chunk out of the bottom piece, but I was able to put it in the back to hide it. It was packaged like this because it had a lot of protective packaging surrounding it.  I have already had numerous compliments on this table.