The sofa looks exactly like the picture. The fabric is velvet, but to me the sofa is a little cheap (even though I spent over $600 on it) The back cushion and the head piece of the sofa is velcro attached (so the cheapness) and the seat and back cushions are kind of stiff, and the seats are deep, so for a short person like me (5'2) will kind of slide on it and the seat cushions (which are not attached) will slide out easily! The installing instruction is useless and misleading, and the screws don't line up exactly, there is one screw that the holes are one inch off!!! and I have one screw that I couldn't install on the right arm of the sofa. If you end up buying this sofa, you should flip the couch so the bottom is facing you and install the screws and the legs. Don't follow the instruction like I did.