Still haven’t fully put together. At first glance packaging looked fantastic. Well covered, lots of styrofoam. I would say it doesn’t look like it’s real wood, but to touch there is some graining that makes it esthetically pleasing.  I was incredibly disappointed to find out it was cracked on the side after full unpackaged. I’m hoping I can maybe hide the cracked area, or maybe get a replacement base. It seems as if it’s not super durable as far as for use but I’ll need time to determine that. I have young children who can kind of be rough with pushing in chairs and if it hits it i hope it will not scratch or ding, but the material does seem a bit fragile.