We typically eat in the living room while off of a coffee table that was large, but stood lower than the couch seating height. This was always difficult to bend forward to eat especially with stew, pasta or soup. We searched in all the regular places for a lift top coffee table but only found MDF in styles that weren’t for us. We came across Sanded and Branded. They were able to deliver the exact dimensions and color we wanted in real wood for not much more than some of the MDF tables we were seeing. Due to the meticulous packing, there were no blemishes on the wood even though is was shipped 3000 miles. The table is beautiful and it is so much more comfortable eating now. Jeff in LA.