The Butternut color is 10 times lighter than the picture. Its still pretty tho. It took us well over 2 hrs to put it together but its a fine quality made piece, the mattress is very comfortable and thick but we had it on wrong at first. The drawers dont open as well on carpet but a thin piece of board underneath will solve that problem. All in all we are VERY happy with our purchase, we picked the olive mattress and it matches our recliners almost perfect, the mattress is a bit darker so we are pleased. Would we recommend this to anyone Definitely! Nice to know we have a place for company to sleep over and looks pretty in our living room...Just wish the directions were a bit easier to follow. Its a very pretty piece.