This is exactly what we wanted for the living room. Closed down, it is a regular coffee table. Open the one side, and you have a desk and open it up its great for puzzle night with my daughter. The first order we received, 2 of the major pieces of the table were cracked in half. I had to call wayfair to get replacement parts. Unfortunately, they did not have replacement parts. Instead I received another coffee table. That also had some damage but to different pieces. So between the 2 coffee tables, I was able to put one together without major damage.