Very nice piece. It is definitely a white wash. The nice thing also is it is very easy to spray paint to any color. I have purchased two of these and spray painted them to match the furniture perfectly. The piece can have some problems in that the first one I received had a lot of scratches and rust on it. It really needed to be repainted. The second was good just as it was but I wanted to change it. The price is right and it is easy to put together.