Cheap, sturdy, and well-designed. It's ...uh, easy to assemble, but you need to be paying attention to detail.
I'm delighted with the finished table. However I can see why some reviewers saw it as wobbly or whatever.
Halfway through the build, you've got four rods firmly screwed into the top, yet the damn things appear to flop around maybe 5 degrees or more because of loose tolerances between the male and female threads. That seems ominous, and I suspect that a number of people stopped at that point and returned it. But if you complete the build, the wobble completely disappears, because the table is what is called a "tension structure"; IOW, when you screw the legs tight, the resulting tensile force powerfully *pulls* on the rods, putting an equal and opposite compressive force on the shiny tubes. It is these balancing forces that drive the structure into rigid alignment.
There are a couple of issues that require attention while building the thing.
1. Each threaded rod has been amateurishly cut to the proper length, rendering one sloppy and not necessarily square end. Your build will be stronger if you make sure to put the good (square) end into the "closed end" fixtures built into the table top. The crappy end will attach to the feet, where the connecting fixture is "open-ended", so the end of the rod doesn't matter.
2. There are silver plastic "caps" that go on the ends of each tube. These caps were poorly finished at the factory. I needed to use a knife on at least half of them to shave away some of roughage that prevented the tubes from properly seating itself inside the cap. No biggie, twenty seconds per cap, but the structure will not be stable if you assemble the table without noticing that there's a spot where a tube is improperly seated. (IOW, it never really entered the hole.
3. There are "levelers", as you'd expect, at the bottom of each foot. I didn't initially realize this because I twisted the bottom of the foot, assuming that there'd be a leveler there and that the foot would slowly lengthen as it unscrewed (like how almost all "levelers" work. When it didn't lengthen as I turned it, I was irritated thinking that they'd saved a buck by not using levelers. Eventually I realized my error. There was just a poor connection between the foot and the leveling screw, so turning the foot did not turn the screw. Fortunately only two legs were like this. The other two were good. As it happens, you only need one functioning leveler to put an end to "table wobble".
I read a few of the reviews here before ordering, deciding to take a chance on the quality because the design of the table appealed to me so much. I’m glad I did. Yes, the frosted glass is touchy, but I knew that ahead of time & was careful. Yes, the stickers were a pain to remove, but I managed it. At first I thought it was going to be quite rickety, with the feet seeming uneven, but I finally realized I hadn’t screwed the legs all the was in, lol. After that, I had no trouble putting it together & while it probably won’t last 50 years like my last coffee table, it is just fine for camp.
I am super happy with this purchase
Item size is perfect if you have a small living room
Item quality is excellent, and price is too
Package was very well protected during shipping
Very very easy to assemble, takes 10 mins
Beautiful beautiful
I am always a little intimidated when it comes to putting any furniture piece together -not just for the challenge of it as I am not Bob the Builder but also because of how it will appear once done.... rest assured on this one. .I am so pleased with the Easy instructions and also the finished product it is perfect... it is small in size for those with small spaces...it is simple yet modern ...and it is glass...super super pleased...especially for the price.
[ bought this table 2 years ago and have been in love with it, stylish and chic. yesterday I came home and found the middle frosted shelf completely shattered. no one was home and as far as I know my super had not been in for any reason. the shelf was not just cracked but completely shattered like auto glass. I live on the ocean but my doors and windows were closed and the ac was on., so strong winds were not an issue.certainly never had any issues with it before. this could have been very dangerous to anyone at home. it may be idiotic of me to buy the table again but I will. caveat emptor.
Beyond what I expected. Some of the reviews said it was a bit too low or something but it is just perfect to us.
This is a beautiful table!! It is very securely packaged and arrived without any damage. Box is not heavy, easy for one person to carry. All parts were labeled with both written directions and pictures and no tools needed for assembly. Took maybe 5 minutes to put together. Very easy. Each part had small numbered sticker on it which came off easily, one of the frosted glass pieces had it on surface so there is clear spot left where it was but not really noticeable.
The only negative thing, which is why it is only 4 stars is they have a 4x4 inch sticker on surface of clear glass....the TOP of the table that does not come off. I spent about 10+ minutes on it, more than twice as long as actual assembly! I had to keep scraping with my nails then scrubbing with rubbing alcohol and after 3 cycles of that finally came off with no residue but it was ridiculous. And the sticker has no use in assembling, looks like warehouse sticker. No need for that. Otherwise great piece for the price!
I thought of getting a small round table (even found some 24 - 30 inches!), but an oval shape is more space efficient. I put this table together by myself (I'm a petite-but-strong female) using the super-easy instructions. The only con (and this is likely just me), is that there's a gap between the middle and bottom shelves which I would've preferred not to see for mostly aesthetic reasons. Still, the price makes this coffee table a steal and no shipping charge! So glad I didn't buy an almost $500 round table, since I'm just as happy with this below $100 purchase.