As noted by other reviewers, this entertainment unit almost comes fully assembled, so that was awesome! You do need two people to carry the heavy pieces though. The color is a very beautiful rich dark mahogany, and it fits perfectly with my living room decor.I do want to note that the description is a tad misleading. It does not fit up to a 59" TV. I have a 50" plasma, and it barely fit together with the two shelf units without leaving too much space in between. If you don't mind having space between the middle shelf and the two end units, then you can have a larger TV with no problems. If you wanted a more clean, conformed look, then a 50" screen will be the maximum.Also, another thing to mention is that the whole unit is not completely wood. The shelving parts are glass. I minus one star because one of the glass pieces came with some problems. The glass was cut unproportional, so it did not fit correctly inside the unit. Overstock customer service was very helpful and remedied this problem very promptly.Overall, I'm very satifsfied. It's a very nice and sturdy piece. It was very simple to put together, and I would highly recommend this!