For the most part, I really like the nightstands.  I think there's definitely more distressing on the wood than the pictures show but it's grown on me. It's definitely not mild or a little distressing, it's pretty heavy. I only gave 4 stars because one set of legs on the second matching nightstand didn't have holes on the legs that lined up with the nightstand so I'm having to request new legs sent to replace the faulty ones.