This cabinet is far more beautiful and sturdy than I expected. It came very quickly and the packaging was unbelievable. There is not assembly required. This filing cabinet comes, you open the box, remove the layers of packaging and put it in place. The mission style is perfect and the color of the wood is a deep oak with a reddish hue. It matches our other furniture perfectly. We use this as a side table next tot he couch for access to documents, files, etc. The top storage drawer is very nice for remotes. You would never know this is a filing cabinet. In fact, my brother was convinced we received the wrong furniture because it looks like a three drawer end table.