This is a largely well-built, heavy solid wood media console with the handy center cut-out for the stacking of dvd players, blueray players, stereos, etc. Gorgeous deep expresso colored wood. My only disappointment was that the wood veneer on the one inner side of the console (the inner sections are covered in wood veneer, it seems) started to peel. I had to use wood glue and a clamp to glue it back into place, but you can still see some peeling and bubbling. This may have been just a singular case of bad workmanship though since the piece seems well-built overall. I didn't expect this from such an expensive piece of furniture although it's not very apparent since it's along the inner edge of one set of drawers.