We love the look of the fireplace.  It's that dark espresso finish and it matches perfectly with the new wall unit we just purchased.  The timer on the fireplace seems to be a little off.  I think I have to go read the manual again.  Maybe I'm just not setting it correctly, but it doesn't seem like it's staying on as long as it should.  We've only used the heat feature twice and I may have to play around with that a little as well.  We really do like it though.  My cousin was over just today and was commenting on how nice it was.