The color of the wood and cushion is perfect. I was worried about the assembly process. My husband and I put it together with out one spat! lol I wish there and been written instructions, but the diagrams with the parts numbered 1-10 helped. Only small dislike, is one corner of the cushion/lid pops up a bit.  Don't do it by yourself unless you have 4 hands, especially in the beginning. I set my stop watch when we started and t took us 41 minutes!