I bought this cart to use as additional counter and storage space between my tall pantries. The color is a nice dark gray (a bit darker than it looks on my monitor). It took about 30 minutes to put it all together. When putting in the shelves, you'll need 2 people so one person and push from the other side since the legs are a bit wider than the shelves. I left the wheels off since I didn't want it mobile and it looks great. One minor complaint is that the drawers are not secured, so if you pull the drawer all the way out it will fall and hit the ground. I fixed that by drilling a hole and placing a piece of wood that sticks down from the top front of the cart drawer opening so the drawer will catch on that instead of falling out.