I'm a graduate student that wanted to invest in my first long-term coffee table. For the price, this seems to be a good investment. It's heavy and I don't have to worry about my dog knocking it over and the color is gorgeous. My only qualm is that when I was unpacking it out of the box, there were a couple of loose screws that fell out of the drawer and I was clueless as to where they belonged. It seems they got loose and fell out of place during transit.