Let me begin by saying this was my 5th purchase from Great Offer Stock and I'm very pleased with the quality of products they allow on their company, everyone does an amazing job from CS, delivery, handling and packaging and the list can go on. Continue the good work OS....now to the item at hand the 100+ excellent reviews says it all and helped me pick this ottoman, the color is exactly as pictured, sturdy, easy to put together and it matched my Christopher Knight bar stools(BTW I didn't even recall my stools were from the same designer until I noticed the two fabrics matched)so that was an added bonus. The wooden part is espresso and I also love the drawer to store my remotes. seriously there was no chance of it being damaged considering how nicely packaged it was.I'm overall very happy and pleased with my purchase.