This is a nicely done plant stand for platform for small piece of clear glass or marble.. I prefer the clear glass so you can see the cast iron top which is 7 and 1/2 in square. The table is 20 in to The top. The shaped steel bars are pinned to the iron and together. I did not paint it. I could have. But I wanted to leave the center bare so you could see that it is iron and not aluminum casting.