Well well many reasons I like this table its the first table I purchased in 21 years. I had my last one for 21 years but broke the glass on it. I enjoy how fairly easy it was to put together I am 60 years old female and took me exactly 2 hours to assemble. However make sure you have a set of pliers to help with the Allen wrenching. I enjoy that there is a leaf that goes in easy and comes out easy and stores. I hope it lasts a long time unfortunately it doesnt match my current furniture but thats no way the fault of Wayfair or the manufacturer of this table. Just the way that it is! Looking forward to enjoying it