The wicker is a dark brown instead of brown-black like I was hoping. I'm ok with that. I also plan on swapping on the cushions at some point. It wasn't the EXACT thing I wanted, but it's still nice and I'll keep it. Instructions for assembly were not very clear. After about 2 hours of it I had only gotten two items out of the 7 completed, and the gave up since it was dark. Now that I have it figured out, it should go quicker.