If you're looking for rustic, the wood grain is it - very much resembles real wood. My husband and I put this together for our balcony patio and we are overall very satisfied with the end result. That being said, as other buyers have already stated - the canopy is the worst part to put together. You can think of the canopy as a DIY project because the instructions are extremely unclear. This product 100% requires 2 or more people to assemble. I should warn you, the straps in step 1 need to be removed in order for the parts to slide in together for the holes line up. We will have to design our own straps after breaking them off and throwing them out. Good luck and this is well worth the value if you get it on sale! It took us a total of roughly 6 hours with 2 people.