Very Attractive, but . . .
This is very nice looking and I think it will be quite functional--and the Great Offer Stock price was almost $100 lower than the net best for the same item. For the price, it's excellent.
The "but" applies mostly to assembly. The system of cams and camscrews thathold all the pieces together is not adequately set up. For the two,pieces to interlock, the peg must be in the wood at a n exact height. The instructions do,not state this. It would seem logical to include a line on each peg to indicate how far into the wood it must go. Furthermore, not all holes were cpmpletely straight, so the pegs tilted slightly making it difficult to do a peg and hole assembly when necessary. We knew it would be a long and arduous task, but better instructions and assembly aids would have made it more straight forward and avoided double work--put the board on, try the cams, unscrew the two that are good, lift the board, raise or lower the camshaft that didn't catch, put the board back in place, try again, repeat until it catches, re-do the two that were okay from the start. This did not happen only once!
One more disappointment is that the beautiful oak top had four or five slivers chipped off along the bottom edge. I just used a wood stain to fill them in and they look fine, but there shouldn't have been damages in the first place. I'm sure I could have complained, but we just wanted to get it put together and finished.
Why four stars with all the complaints? Again--I really is quite nice for the price! Just be prepared!