My husband and I bought this for our living room! Color is very true to picture and the wood is pretty enough. Plenty of storage for our blankets. While the item didn't arrive with any instructions, we were able to assemble without any strain to our marriage ;) We just put in a lot of brain time up front making sure all the holes were all aligned in the right place. Assembled the metal bottom structure and box (without lid) separately and then joined them together. Then fixed hinges to lid, and support hardware to box and put on the lid last. I don't recommend assembling alone! Some folks are complaining about how the hinge supports get in the way of lid closing, just swap the hinge supports so instead of elbow closing back into the lid, it closes and pushes forward. There are plenty of trunk-like coffee tables on Wayfair, and some are very likely higher quality. The price and result for this one can't be beat!