The light faux grain looks even cooler in person; however, I do have some complaints... Before I even pulled anything out of the box, I could see that the veneer was already peeling back. After pulling some of the pieces out of the box, I could see there were some small black marks on the wood veneer tabletop. My biggest complaint is it looks like someone smacked a blood-filled mosquito on it at some point - because there is (at least what looks like) a bloody smear on a place on the wood veneer tabletop. Pretty gross. I get that this cart/desk comes at a pretty cheap cost, but still...c'mon..