This piece is very heavy not made of cheap particle board, BUT the distressing looks more like accidental scratches. Some of the marks are very deep and they are also few and far between making it look more damaged. My husbands response to it out of the box was they sent you an old used table? Also you have to make the holes to hold the brackets that hold the bottom shelf. The instructions say you only need a Philips screw driver but you have to actually make the holes so we needed an electric drill. Overall, it took about 30 minutes to assemble. I love the size and I can overlook the distressing because I waited over a month for this to arrive and was anxious to fill the space.
Not terrible could be better
This piece is very heavy not made of cheap particle board, BUT the distressing looks more like accidental scratches. Some of the marks are very deep and they are also few and far between making it look more damaged. My husbands response to it out of the box was they sent you an old used table? Also you have to make the holes to hold the brackets that hold the bottom shelf. The instructions say you only need a Philips screw driver but you have to actually make the holes so we needed an electric drill. Overall, it took about 30 minutes to assemble. I love the size and I can overlook the distressing because I waited over a month for this to arrive and was anxious to fill the space.