It's a pretty beautiful dining set and it looks exactly as pictured! Though it kind've took us five hours to build...might be because we suck but if we can do it, anyone can. The only issues I really have with it mirrors what other reviewers are saying -- it comes in pretty scuffed up. One of our chairs has a lot of the paint chipped off in a corner, but it's not something so bad we decided to send it back. It's great for the price.