The wood is unfinished, which I didn't realize. I put two layers of Minwax PolyShade (stain plus polyurethane) on it and it looks really nice. As another reviewer mentioned, you are supposed to attach each leg to the top with three screws but there is only one hole in the wood for each leg. For this reason, I attached the legs with just one screw in each and it actually feels pretty sturdy so I'm going to leave it as is.