This was an inexpensive piece of furniture and it looked like it.  It purchased it in natural wood.  The veneer was so thin it looked like paper.  I pained it with chalk paint and replaced the knobs and it looks good now.  I guess I could have spent the 150.00 I spent on chalk paint, wax and new knobs and purchased a more expensive piece that I did not have to do anything with.  That being said when I was thinking about returning it customer service was OUTSTANDING!