Best way to Import Excel to InDesign for my Catalogue

Hey Everyone,
I've combed and combed through the forums here and elsewhere, and haven't found the best solution to my particular challenge.
I'm revamping a furniture product catalogue (170 pages) and the layout is fairly simple.
My question:
I'm trying to figure out the best way to get the source data into the template, and god willing, not have to type all of the text in manually. I've ticked my preferences to "Paste without formatting", and plan to do quite a bit of cleaning up (e.g. =Proper and or concatenate) with the spreadsheet. I've experimented with copying and pasting (without formatting), and in the examples below, I ended up just manually typing it in. I'm also puzzled as to how to import the "additional information" which is listed underneath the table.
Anyone have any recommendations?
I have a table set up within InDesign, with table/cell styles defined (hopefully) correctly.
I added screen caps of the catalogue below for reference The bottom portion will not always be the same number of rows, e.g. if the style doesn't offer a Cocktail ottoman):
And the 2 piece per page setup:
Source Data
The source of the data is in the excel spreadsheet that looks like the above, EXCEPT the additional details info, which is just listed in the last column (AE) below:
Thanks so much to everyone on here!
Alex

How much does the particular plugin run? It's a possibility, but you are correct, I would rather not
Haven't the foggiest; I work at a nonprofit, my upper management would never shell out for a catalog plugin. I do know that they exist, though. EasyCatalog has a 30-day trial, so if you like it you may want to buy it for future projects. (I don't know if it's crippled, so read carefully...)
I will read up on the XML, but ya, this project is a bit breakeck for the deadline, so, unless anyone else has any recommendations, I'd probably just do it manually. (shudder)
Yeah, if you're already operating under a deadline, then it may be faster to do it John-Henry-style than it would be to learn how to use a new tool to do it easier the next time.

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