This item would look beautiful if the metal top had been sent along with the base.  That being said, this buffet is really beautiful once assembled.  I'm still waiting to hear back from customer service about the metal top. Assembly was not horrible, it took close to 2 hours (possibly a whole 2 hours if I had the top to put on). The biggest issue was the drawers. They come with stickers indicating which edge goes up, unfortunately, they stickers were put on upside down so once assembled they were crooked and the face-plates were uneven.  I'll update when I hear from customer service.