This chest appears as pictured. The curved lines are pretty. The finish is slightly distressed, which works if you have young kids who sometimes scratch things up. It does not require assembly other than attaching the bun feet. But the hardware is not high quality and the drawers stick, meaning that every time a drawer is opened or closed, anything on top of the chest shakes, making it dangerous for breakable decorations. Also, the feet, despite being small, aren't even, so they wobble. We originally bought two of these chests intending to use them as nightstands, but we wanted to keep antique ceramic lamps on top and don't want them broken. So we put the chests in our living room, where they look pretty and store things we don't use often. Overall, a disappointment.