Stand is just as pictured.  It came well packaged with all of the necessary screws, etc. and was relatively easy to put together by myself.  The only thing is that a few of the pieces were not very clearly labeled.  Red dye stamps were faded and difficult to read.  The directions are by picture and letter so occasionally it took at bit to figure out how things should be turned, etc but I didn't make any mistakes so it worked out all right! It's a good, solid stand.  Very happy with it.