This is a really lovely stand. It works well and looks great. I stopped short of five stars because of assembly.  I'm fairly handy, and so this was not a big ask, but there were four holes that needed to be pre-drilled in the base, and they were not pre-drilled. Not a hurdle for me, but I can definitely understand that some might wonder why those pieces just won't join (not self-tapping wood screws, so the bottom piece of wood stays put and unpenetrated, while the top piece of wood rides the bolt up), or worse, split in two. There are also four pieces that need directional labeling so that you don't have to take them apart again if you didn't see that.