First I want to warn anyone who hates putting Ikea furniture together. If you are one of those people DO NOT buy this unless you plan on having someone else put it together for you. I happen to be one of those people who actually likes to put together Ikea furniture, but this was way more time consuming and intricate. Having said that, once it is up and put together it is a very nice piece and is a perfect alternative to having a traditional ugly metal filing cabinet in a nicely decorated office. The color and look is exactly as it appears in the pictures. I haven't actually put anything in it yet since we are still in "moving in" mode so I will update my review if anything is wrong with the actual functionality of it. As far as how it looks, beautiful!