Beautiful! Looks exactly as shown. It's a bit of an offwhite color which looks wonderful. It came in two very heavy boxes - one with the mantle (which needed to be assembled) and the other is the electric heater. Would definitely be easier to put together with two people, but I did it myself and it was fine. Just pay attention to the directions! When put together, it is a little on the heavy side, but looks robust and high quality. It's nice you can use a remote to adjust the heat and both log and flame light level. It's surprisingly quiet, although I've mostly used it with the heater off and flame on. Really adds some charm to the living room