I was shocked when it arrived and the entire cabinet was high gloss black on the entire outside. I thought only the door fronts would be, so pleasantly surprised! However, a few things to note, my wall was not wired for tv, so cables need to run from inside the cabinet to the top and up the wall to the tv. I decided to drill a hole in the top and have a cable cover to keep all the cables together, and my sound bar covers this, but others may not be so lucky. This cabinet is extremely heavy and the 3 fasteners provided are barely holding it onto the wall. I will be investigating alternate solution to hang my cabinet so that it is more secure and level.