Attractive, sturdy, feels and looks like heavy-duty oak and matches my antique oak table & chairs perfectly. You need to fasten on legs and the 2 shelves, with very limited instructions included, but I figured it out. I agree with some other comments that the shelves do not exactly fit so a little muscle required to re-drill holes and pull legs together while fastening. Especially irritating was that there are supposed to be 8 L-shaped brackets for fastening the shelves. My baggie came with just TWO, so I need to find something similar at local hardware store. This kind of thing is always frustrating. The table also "rocked" so I added some duct tape to the bottom of one leg. A few nicks and scratches on the surface that obviously occurred at the point of manufacture and packaging, but I guess I can live with those. All in all, I am quite happy with this product and am likely to purchase again in the same category. Nice furniture for the competitive price!