The white fireplace is not white, but a light split-pea greenish color. There was an end board that was broken as the mdf is like pressboard, but the worker I hired can glue it. I am having her sand the shiny finish so she can paint it white to match my decor. So far she got 1 coat of white paint on it & it looks nice & smooth still. She will do a 2nd coat of paint. So the assembling of the fireplace is delayed for awhile causing a bit of a let-down of my excitement. After the delay I think I will really enjoy it, providing there are no more problems.