I’ve put together a lot of furniture and I’m pretty sure this was the most time consuming item I’ve done. Everything was labeled well and the instructions were pretty clear it’s just a lot of pieces. I love the finished product though. The color is definitely cream with some linesspecks of gray. You have to pull the drawers with some force but they glide out nicely. I bought some dividers and realized the regular 8.5 x 11” ones are too small. I should’ve measured the drawer before going to the store. The shelves are pretty deep. I can fit 2 rows of books in the bottom ones. There’s a hole in the back of the top drawer so you can put a cable through to the back, but I don’t use it.