First let me say, that whomever put the directions together... BRAVO! This was incredibly easy to follow. I had two people for assembly, but with the organization of the instructions, I could have done it alone. The color that I purchased was like a coffee almost looks black. I was really expecting this to be flimsy and expected foreign instructions loke a lot of other items previously purchased. It was very refeshing to have something that was not complicated and looks amazing! I would definitely purchase again.