It is a high quality, high design table that is inexpensive.  The finish is a nice soft grey, not too shiny.  I'm not sure how well it will hold up because we just got the table but it is beautiful.  The table is made of solid wood base with a thick veneer top. It came on time and well packaged.  It was a little hard to put together: the trick is to not tighten down the bolts in the main column until after you have installed the curved pieces.  Keep that center column wobbly until after all 4 curved pieces are installed, then tighten everything down and you'll be fine.  I gave it only 4 stars because of assembly.  The quality is fine.