The table came well packaged and undamaged. If you have put together an IKEA product you can put this together. I took my sweet time mainly double and triple checking the instructions as I do not like taking things apart and redoing the work due to an oversight or misreading of the instructions. Everything went together as indicated in the instruction manual. My main suggestion would be to use a good 2 phillips screwdriver. Don't use your old screwdriver that you keep in the bottom of the drawer. There are screws of various sizes and torque requirements, but the 2 will fit them all and you need a good tip to apply nice even pressure so you don't blow out the pressed board holes or slip out of the screw heads and scratch the surface. Which brings up the main shortcoming of this product. The painted finish is easily chipped. The edges showed signs of chipping which I covered up using a black sharpie. I also applied a nice coat of Minwax furniture polish to try to protect that surface. Otherwise, the piece is solid and heavy for its size. It feels very sturdy and I am happy with this for the price I paid.
Good product for the money
The table came well packaged and undamaged. If you have put together an IKEA product you can put this together. I took my sweet time mainly double and triple checking the instructions as I do not like taking things apart and redoing the work due to an oversight or misreading of the instructions. Everything went together as indicated in the instruction manual. My main suggestion would be to use a good 2 phillips screwdriver. Don't use your old screwdriver that you keep in the bottom of the drawer. There are screws of various sizes and torque requirements, but the 2 will fit them all and you need a good tip to apply nice even pressure so you don't blow out the pressed board holes or slip out of the screw heads and scratch the surface. Which brings up the main shortcoming of this product. The painted finish is easily chipped. The edges showed signs of chipping which I covered up using a black sharpie. I also applied a nice coat of Minwax furniture polish to try to protect that surface. Otherwise, the piece is solid and heavy for its size. It feels very sturdy and I am happy with this for the price I paid.