I was surprised to find that the island is not white at all.  It is a creamy yellow with no distressing.  Does not look right in a kitchen full of white cabinets.  It smells like paint after 5 days of sitting in my kitchen.  The piece is built well but I am extremely disappointed in the color.  The color in the picture is definitely white.  Mine is almost close to yellow.  It took me about 3 hours total to put together with a few breaks in between.  I had to move the piece to another area due to the color issue.  The piece is also very hard to move to put it together where you want to place it.