really beautiful and the drawers are very smooth to open and shut. it took two of us about 4 hours to put together which wasn't too bad as some of the reviews made it sound like a nightmare. It is true there are a million pieces so you need space to sort everything out. My only complaint is that the drawers are very very shallow... I went from a 4 drawer dresser to this 6 drawer dresser and it couldn't hold all the clothes I was able to fit in my 4 drawers.