In the pictures it looks like a cool brown but in person it’s just brown. The assembly seemed really easy till we got to the lift top , then it became a mission, so difficult and took double the time to screw it on then the whole table took to assemble. I would say to not follow the instructions in the order they wrote them out in. Keep the metal pieces till the end and screw them to the top of the table then the inside. Im giving it a 3 because it looks decent and the size is nice but the assembly is difficult and the color is a bit off.