I love the design of this table but reading the other reviews I knew the  wood would be thin  and unfinished.  I still bought it since it was a great price. I knew that I would need to finish the wood when it arrived. Upon arrival the wood was a little orange-ish so I added a white wash stain and protective water based matte poly coating to make it exactly how I liked it.  Well worth the effort to make it exactly the color I wanted.