It's a pretty heavy flat pack box that shows up. The assembly is not quite Swedish furniture company e-z. It takes quite a bit of work but everything is labelled and the directions are decent for this sort of thing. Once assembled, it's pretty solid and the origami aspects are pretty functional and strong. You're not going to sit around it with dining room chairs but it's really great for dinner in front of the TV. The hinges and lift parts are pretty sturdy and everything fits into place like it should.
Kevin 
