The quality of some of the wood pieces could have been better. My front panel( off course it would be the very visible part) had part of the wood border with a very dark elongated area( 14 x 3) ,this was definitely part of the wood and not the stain. I left several messages with a customer service representative who I spoke with earlier about getting a discount off the original price. To date I have not heard back from this person. I would hate to dismantle this piece for a return. Not the easiest furniture to put together as you probably already read in other reviews. I feel that I can live with this definitely flawed piece if I can arrive at an agreeable percentage off of original price.