The finish is satin smooth with beautiful striations of the faintest pink, but that's where its dainty personality ends. The table assembles very easily without tools, probably took less then 5 minutes. Before I put it into the sauna, I stood on it, then sat on it, no wobbling and was thinking I could use this as a little bench in the hallway. Very sturdy and really cool with the SaunaSpace logo burned into it. The NIR 4-panel light unit sits perfectly stable on this table and is at the perfect height. This allowed me to forego drilling holes into my sauna wall to hang it. Considering how beautiful this table is, I've been entertaining the idea of buying another as its the perfect plant stand or tiny *quality* table that's hard to find in a world of cheap, imported junk.