This is a sturdy piece, and the color and appearance were as I expected based on the description. It was a bear to assemble (which I did by myself- 2 people are recommended), but it had a lot of hardware to install to make it solid. My only issue is that I've had some trouble fitting the drawer all of the way in. It may just need an adjustment to fit correctly but I've yet to figure that out. Otherwise I am very happy with this piece.