I've had one for the past few months and I love it. You do need to use a tray if you want to put drinks on it but I plan on small tables next to the sofa & chair for more conveinient drink resting so this shouldn't be an issue much longer. I wanted one so we'd have extra seating when necessary as well as something that didn't attract clutter like our coffee table did and it's been ideal for that. While the LR furniture is upholstery the ottoman is a tufted leather behemouth, which I figured would help it to stand up better to being a foot rest. So far it's been perfect. Nina

i started having these same issues in January this year. have had hypothyroidism for a few years but with levo always felt fine . symptoms lasted about 6 weeks and everything stopped one day in February and felt like myself again. Until June when they started back up and still going strong now. I’m 47 and my gyno tested and confirmed with blood test I’m peri. i have an iud so havent had a period in 4 years. Some days i have a huge headache and then others I have the Foggy head feeling that is so bad to describe. gyno would not talk about hrt without me seeing a neurologist which he says Im not having migraines and okd hrt. Odd thing is one day when my ear started to hurt took an Allegrad and it took away the head fog within an hour. Unfortunately that didn’t last. I did for about a month but still had headache. Now the Allegra isnt helping with anything. I’m waiting to see an ent because I feel like my sinuses are so full been an antibiotic for a few days and dI want seem to help either. I’m sure the ent will not have anything to say. Ive had a nurse practitioner mention AD which I’m not really for but will as a last ditch effort. Husband doesn’t really get it and that makes me feel more alone which just makes me cry more. going to ent and if nothing there going to try hrt and AD. scared to death of something serious to but nerologist didnt see any need for ct scans or mri. i also get these weird eye/head feeling on occasion when watching fast moving things or really shaky scenes when the camera is moving. I’m not dizzy and can’t explain how I feel other than I have to shut my eyes to focus. So scary!! I think if I could just come to grips it’s peri symptoms I’d be able to deal. Oh been very stressed at work for about two years but that is lessening as I finally have help. Was hoping with help and less stress I’d be better but no such luck. Thanks for listening. brings me some comfort that others deal with the same symptoms

Hey, thank you for your comments...I do appreciate them all. When I think about all this, the problem with this island top has always been me. I CANNOT make a decision on it. I've made hundreds of decisions over the last few years as we've totally renovated this 60+ year old lake place that had been sorely neglected by previous owners. But for some reason, I just can't pull the trigger on this one. That's why I finally brought a decorator in for the first time. That and because I need some window treatments custom made. Sayde, I'm only calling MY OWN island dinky. Mine could definitely have been a little bigger for my kitchen...as I said, I screwed that up. Island scale has to fit the size of the kitchen...too big or too little are both not good. Your top is sounding good. Melsey, I did check out that link and it's pretty interesting. Price seems very good to me. The only thing was I could not get a real good look at the tops. I'll check it out again later. I may just start a whole new thread with pictures of my kitchen and ask for people to play the "trick out my island" game with me. HA! Thanks, pup

Why yes, I does :). I have a black coffee table with a lot of brown in the room. Leather couch/chairs and wooden tables and miscellaneous pieces like the tv shelf. My table is from Thomasville. Here's the advertisement version: I've got a couple of pictures that show it in my room, though not all that well. Here they are: Another angle: I think it all works fine. I will add that the wood accent pieces in the LR tend to the tobacco/darker range. I don't have light wood or leather in there. Hope this helps, Ann