This piece is GREAT! I took on the challenge of putting it together on my own since my husband was working the day it arrived. It took about 5 hours but it came out PERFECTLY! The instructions are easy to follow. Instructions say not to use a power drill but I used one to speed up the process and didn't have any issues at all. Item appears true to the picture. The charcoal gray is exact to what I saw in the picture on wayfair's website.