Im pretty disappointed. I ordered the natural with the intention of just truly keeping it natural. When it arrived, not only is it a bit  warped (which i can live with- character!), but they filled the knots to smooth it out with a white substance that looks like drywall mud or something.  Its got some quite large spots on both the top and the front of the mantle like this. If that werent the case, this would be a 4-5 star piece because its very solid and otherwise would look just like I had envisioned.