Prettier than in the picture... I love the look  color variety of the grain!  It’s sturdy  was easy to assemble. The thing I don’t care for is that you can definitely see the shiny silver screws on the sides. I wish the screw heads were painted white instead of having to put the little white stickers over them. At some point, I’ll probably pull off the stickers  paint the screw heads white...other than that, I like this shelf!