I absolutely love this bookcase. The openness on the sides allows light to come in on the shelves. It’s very well made, heavy and loved that no assembly was required. The color is beautiful and would fit in a lot of different decors. It’s a grayish light brown. One warning is it comes in a giant box and it was quite an effort to get it out but it was well protected and arrived without a scratch. If I’d known though the effort and amount of packing material to dispose of I might have splurged on the extra delivery charge to have them do it. The only negative to the piece is the top wasn’t finished and was very rough. Since I have it in a place no one would ever see the top it wasn’t a big deal to me.