First it is very dark, the photo is a good representation of the item. It is smaller than I had imagined. Even though I read the dememtions and all, it was surprised to see how small it actually is; it jsut looks like it shoud be larger! I have had this item for almost a year. Filled it up almost immediately. It did the job and it looked ok, but then one of my kids knocked into it and it tipped over. The molding around the top popped off and the top split - the top is fiber board. The glass door did not break, I guled the molding back on but there is nothing I can do about the veener! There was noting to assemle. It came in one piece