Tables are just as pictured.  Very easy to assemble, didnt even need to use direction (first time of that)!  The gold on the legs and the strip in between the drawers are more matte brassy and the handles for the drawers are shiny gold.  This doesnt bother me too much but wanted to put that out there.  The only reason why I did not give it 5 stars was there were a couple of dents on the tables and one of the handles is dented pretty bad and doesnt easily pull like the others.