Love it!! Is darker than pictures but looks lighter and darker depending on your lighting! I would highly recommend buying a wood touchup marker.  I was extremely anxious about the color and finish and texture of this coffee table. I was pleasantly surprised to find out I was right in that it is a distressed feeling coffee table yet still smooth. It will hide scratches quite well because it looks like it’s already scratched uniformly. If you were even thinking about buying this table I would highly recommend it, I don’t think you will be let down. I tried to picture the table in different light so you can see the Color variation.  Mine did come with one of the base legs cracked but I fixed it with some wood glue. Some reviewers were complaining that it’s splinters, well it is real wood and it will do that however it’s very easily fixed with a touchup marker that matches the color. very solid piece of furniture I love it.