The pieces look just as photographed. Of course, we did have to put them together, which we expected. However, most of the pre-manufactored screw holes were a few millimeters off, making it nearly impossible to screw the nails in with the allens wrench provided. We ended up having to rig the tool to a power drill just to get the pieces together. Once they were finally built, the table legs were different lengths so now we have a wobble. All in all, not impressed with the manufacturor as a whole.