Ugh, a giant mess of styrofoam packaging materials - four garbage bags and counting - in two very difficult to open/dispose of boxes. And there are dozens of screws, pegs, and washers accompanies by very cryptic diagrams (all the screw icons look alike even though there are different kinds). What a headache. The wood is a nondescript walnut shade and at first glance one of the shelf edges is  chipped and damaged. The material is solid, though, and if I can ever get it put together it will likely fit a lot of books.