Abstract: A low table about the height of a coffee table, to be retailed as a kit of parts which can be quickly and simply assembled without tools, and which is made essentially of heavy cardboard or fiberboard finished to resemble wood, and consisting of a flat base, a hollow column fixed to said base, and a table top fixed to said column. The column is weighted with sand which is immobilized at the bottom of the column by means of hot wax or a similar agent.