The bed is exactly as pictured and is nicely stained brown. Our 3 dogs love it. I’d give it a 5 for that and the end result. It comes with extra hardware and nothing was missing. However be prepared to sit on your floor or be bending over for several hours during assembly. It took 3 adults 6 hours to finish. We worked one at a time. If someone assembled the drawers while other people worked on the frame or headboard it would be quicker. Honestly the toughest step was Step 1 because we didn’t understand the perspective and had to try 3 ways before getting it right. The rest was easy. The instructions are just diagrams. We could’ve used some additional wording.