This lift top coffee table is kind of a pain to put together (make sure to put on the little triangles before the bottom!), but once you get there, it's amazing!  It is beautiful and very sturdy.  The pictures don't really show this, but the top lifts up and toward you (assuming that you have the correct side toward the couch), which creates a great surface for eating or working on a laptop.  The surface of the table does scratch a bit easily, but it touches up with a furniture marker really well, and given the more rustic look, it doesn't need to be perfect anyway.  All in all, a great piece.  I'm so happy with the quality that I've also ordered the matching end table!