The 21.7" dia. the side table has stable iron legs, which are additionally reinforced by round tubes. The table does not yield whether you place a 66 lb bronze statue on the top shelf, nor when you use it for many years. If it takes hours to set up a side table, then we can understand why you are avoiding new furniture. Fortunately, thanks to the simple structure and the manageable number of individual parts, this table can be assembled in record time.