This is a really nice piece of furniture. We are currently using it as a toy chest for our grandson in our family room. He is two and a half and can ioen and close it easily to get and put away his toys.  It is actually a little darker than the picture (more like a cherry or almost mahogany color) which was fine for where it was going. It went together easily with the pre drilled markers (something I think the company must have fixed after early reviews fretted about this. Because it came in a slightly different color and was actually called something different from the listing name, I called customer service to confirm that I had gotten what I ordered. Customer service was very helpful in helping me sort things out.