I was pretty disappointed to find how different this was than pictured. The "wood" looks much more rough-hewn than you can see in the photo, which detracts from it's detailed, delicate appearance. It's also absolutely, positively not white. Not even really ivory or cream - yellowish beige would be a more accurate description. It looked awful near my white window trim, but they wanted thirty-five to return it, so I guess I'll end up painting it to see if that looks better...