So beautiful and sturdy... took about an hour to put together with 2 people. The color is much darker than I thought it would be. It is a very dark grey/brown but is beautiful. We had a couple chairs we planned to put with it but they won't match so we are going to have to get others. I did not see any matching chairs to get aside from the bench so the wood may be hard to match. It is a very good size without the leaf and very big with it. The table has gears so you can just pull one side of the table and they both open to insert the leaf easily. We can't wait to entertain with it!