It looks very sleek and puts out an amazing amount of heat! We weren’t crazy about the lava rock so purchased blue glass to cover the burner. I will say, looking at the pic online I was thinking it was more of a dark charcoal/lighter black. It’s black black! Had a few tiny scratches but came with paint and a brush so if we decide we can always touch it up. Didn’t particularly want it perfect so anything to give it a worn concrete look is fine with me!