I've had my eye on these for a while, so when they went on sale I was very happy and bought two. I did stain the wood a little darker to go with other furniture in the room, and the result is just right. They are quite sturdy and offer a lot of storage in a small footprint, which was important for us. The reasons for four stars instead of five are not really that big of a deal - 1) the wood color was a little lighter than expected, but that could be related to viewing via computer, 2- there were a couple of spots where the black finish was scratched off the metal, not too hard for me to fix -but who wants to fix things new-out-of-the-box, and the two front legs of the upper metal section only rest on the wood box - they don't actually attach (they seem fine, but I do wonder if they'll remain stable). Overall, I'm still really glad I was able to get these, and they look great in our living room.