This table is very pretty, classic, traditional looking. As other posters have mentioned, the color is pretty dark. Darker than the cherry wood I have in my living room, but it is on a wall by itself behind a sofa, so no big deal. The specs state that it is wood. For the price, I didn't expect it to be all wood, but thought at least the top would be. It's not. It is almost all particle board with some wood pieces used under the top for support. Mine also arrived damaged. It looks like the box was dropped on one side, resulting in the compressed wood to be damaged right along the front trim. We didn't notice until my husband had it put together because there were small pieces of styrofoam all over the place. It is a fairly small area, maybe 2 inches across so I decided just to keep it and try to use a stain stick on it to make it less noticeable.