This table is great for those hot summer days. My husband was able to assemble it easily enough on his own. My only complaint is that the umbrella did not fit into the center hole without a whole lot of muscle. It seems when the table was molded and the top attached to the bottom, the center hole was slightly off, which makes for pushing in the umbrella very difficult. My husband was able to strong arm the umbrella in, however it sits a little crooked. I would still recommend this table because it has the greatest amount of seats when the little ones have their friends over. It was also the only table I could find that had a smooth top, which I preferred since I wanted them to be able to draw pictures, do crafts projects, etc. on it.