This is a very nice looking little shelf but unfortunately it did come with quite a few very small nicks on it. Unless you look very closely you can not see them and I plan to use a furniture marker on it BUT I am never pleased to get something new that does not look brand new when I get it! Other than that the finish is really nice and it is a really nice very dark espresso color. It is the first item that I have ever ordered from Wayfair that did not arrive perfect, so I feel that it must be a manufacturer problem. I am usually can put things together really quickly but this did take both of us to put it together and took about a half hour to construct (granted, we did have a lot of interruptions!). I do not think it will hold up to being moved around much. Fortunately it is going to sit in the same place until we move to a different place in the future.