Great rustic-looking coffee table.  The rustic brown looks like the pictures, with maybe a touch redder hue on the lighter parts of the wood.  The MDF wood looks good - you can see the grain marks in it so it looks more like real wood, and the table is solid & heavy, giving it a real wood appearance and sturdiness at a more reasonable price.  The opening/closing of the top got easier & smoother the more I used it.  At first, the whole table slid on the hardwood floor when trying to  open/close it, probably because the mechanism was tight - but it got smoother each time; I also put some rubber grip strips on the bottom of each table leg to keep it in place - now no issues and it works great.  Pretty easy to assemble with 2 people (although the directions were only pictures and some of the screw pieces were mislabeled, we managed to figure it out.)  No damaged pieces & packaging was excellent.  A sturdy, heavy, nice looking coffee table that hides all my clutter - very happy with it.