Love this piece. Wood is definitely on the cherry red end of the spectrum. Not too difficult to assemble. Would have given it 5 stars, however the Styrofoam packaging completely disintegrated the moment I started trying to unpack the pieces. It. Was. EVERYWHERE. Also, because the Styrofoam had already started falling apart prior to my opening the package, parts of the metal and wood were damaged during shipping. It wasn't really a problem for me since I could make sure those areas face the wall and I got it on sale, but if I had paid full price, I probably would've exchanged it for a new, undamaged one.