This is not a beautiful piece of furniture, but for the price I think we all understand that going in. So yes, it has that pre-made feel to it and it's made of veneer panels but it's solidly constructed and requires very little effort to assemble. The dark color looks nice and it's on the bigger side for an end table...makes a great nightstand in a kids room because of the nice added feature of the built in outlets. It has USB and regular outlet slots hidden under a black plastic insert on the top. Simply plug in the included AC power chord and these outlets are functional. I like that the power chord plugs into the table as well so if you don't want to use the outlets feature right away you don't have to have the chord plugged into the table. My son is currently too young to need the outlets feature but it will be nice to have in the future.