Great wine/bar cart! The metal is an espresso/charcoal finish. Not shiny. The wood is a dark, distressed color and quite heavy. Perfect for a farmhouse/industrial look. Easy to put together and perfect for what I was looking for. It also arrive sooner than I expected and was cheaper than carts I was looking at on Overstock and at World Market. I'm not giving it 5 stars because some of the welding on the inside of the metal legs is a little sloppy, but again, for the price I paid, it's fine and no one will be able to notice. The wood covers up most of the welding.