This table is REALLY nice!  It's MFG essentially, but the boards are dense and solid and will be hard to damage.  The fold out table works REALLY well too.  If you don't open the table though and try just the two smaller tables, the coffee table does tip.  The compartments inside the table are a challenge to get to due to this fact.  You can only access them from the top and only if someone is holding the fold out table while you do it.