The Bamboogle Brazil Collection is a very affordable and excellent value for solid hard wood furniture being partially handmade, using an environmentally earth friendly species of bamboo that is as hard as oak with modern, simple, sophisticated lines for accent occasional tables and great for small furniture needs in any home, apartment or condo and for any kitchen, living room, entry, hallway, bedroom and den or bar. Our Bamboo 'Brazil' Chow Table from Bamboogle is versatile in so many ways. It can be a side or an end table. Put 2, 3 or 4 together for a coffee table. Use it as a stool or small bench. The term chow refers to a table that can also be used as a TV table. This Bamboo table insures that you're purchasing an item with special qualities hidden inside. It is machine tooled by hand, and made of solid bamboo with no veneers, filler wood, or particle board. It's all bamboo, which is one of Earth's truly plentiful and sustainable resources. The clean lines of this piece, the slightly tapered legs, floating top design and the intricate laminations of bamboo work together to give a stylish and modern look that works in both traditional and contemporary settings. Bamboo is a good source for furniture as it is 15% harder than maple which ensures long lasting beauty and strength. If it's a beautiful piece of handmade-hand tooled furniture that you are after, then you have it here. If you want to do your small part in following the trend toward environmental sensitivity, the story gets better. Bamboo is a remarkable natural resource for several reasons. It grows in vast densely packed forests and must be harvested to keep the trees from overcrowding. Our bamboo comes out of the ground 8'-10' in diameter and grows 2-3 feet per day for thirty days until it reaches nearly 100 feet in height. This tremendous growth consumes massive amounts of the #1 greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, which mostly comes from emissions of factories and cars. It also produces pure oxygen at a rate that exceeds any forest in the world. These forests require no fertilizers or chemical treatments of any kind. Bamboo is truly one of Earth's good partners and you're part of it if you purchase products made from bamboo. You may know that the beautiful Pandas eat bamboo as their primary food source, but interestingly, the one species of bamboo that they choose not to eat is the very species that we use in our furniture. So it's a win-win for you, Pandas, and the Earth. Thank you for taking an interest in our furniture