Love, love, love this desk!  The finish is like gray washed wood, & it matches perfectly with our modern, gray color scheme.  The big draw has hanging file racks which can be adjusted for standard or legal size files.  It did take my husband and I an hour to put it together.  However, if you follow the instructions, it is totally do-able, just somewhat time consuming...but worth it in the end for us.  Final result was a great home office desk we look forward to using.