Went to Crate & Barrel tonight to check out the coffee table, and ended up taking it home. Paid for the desk too, though there's no way it would fit in the car. Put it together while Jenn made cupcakes for Easter dinner.
Things progressed much more expeditiously with the screw driving bits for the drill. It can be rather difficult to keep from over-driving them into the unit, and cracking the wood.
Even though we measured out the height, in the living room, it still looks taller, when you see the mass of it. But I like it.
Now begins the challenge of keeping crap from collecting on it.