The wood is good quality, the stain is a nice warm brown color-looks accurate in photo. As stated in prior reviews, there were pieces of hardware included that didn't make sense-the instructions keep calling something a "pinball," which I think they mean a small screw; and the screw is to hold the folding shelves in place, but if you compare instruction drawing to the actual furniture, there is no such place (pre-drilled hole or otherwise) to put this screw. So ultimately the shelves are just laying in the down position; we've got items on it, but I wouldn't put this in a tight space where you might bump it, it's not overly sturdy. It was also a little wobbly, which I think is partly because the shelves aren't affixed firmly to the frame. But with a furniture pad, we solved that. And may get something to latch the shelves in place (like you would on the back of a picture frame to hold the backing to the frame itself).