the stand really does look nice, no complaints with appearance. the metal supports on the side are actually a bit lighter grey than they appear in the picture but of course understandable. the quality of the MDF though! I've seen some pretty good MDF and this is not one of them. More like somewhat loosely compressed sawdust. It made me worry about driving in the screws. Definitely do not advise anyone to use a power drill. I'm a little woman using my feeble strength and I tried to be as gentle as possible, thankfully nothing went awry.  Imo not worth even the sale price for this low-quality MDF that seems to be typical of Made in China.