this coffee table reminds me of the benefits of reading buyer reviews i liked it on sight, but imagined it was too fragile to be worth my while a number of reviews put my concern to rest it's sturdy, well built, easy to assemble, and in case you haven't noticed, it's beautiful the matching end table was back ordered when i purchased this was going to get it once stocks were replenished but decided, on second thought that the coffee table didn't look like it was lonely