This item has potential but if you look closely it is quite a mess.  The only reason I didn't send it back was because I had waiting so long for it and I know that I can refinish it.  This item has not been properly distressed.  It looks cheap.  There are such variations in the paint colour all over the product.  In other words the bottom shelf isn't "distressed" at all and looks like it was forgotten about.  The "distressed" look is achieved by painting brown paint all over it and it is not done well.  Looks like it is dirty rather than distressed.

Not happy at all.