First, it is a heavy piece and therefore sturdy. The boards nice and thick, as well as the frame. Looking at the product prictures and a lot of the reviews I thought this might be a grayed brown, but no, it is gray. (Even in my pictures I think it looks brown, but in person believe me its gray.) Since I could only get this color in the 55 its not really working in my utterly beige home. But its a nice enough piece that Im just planning on painting it. There were issue, a bent frame piece, a bent rod, wood without the screw hole insert, wood that was missing the paper overlay finish but had been painted gray to blend in. I was lucky because I was able to hide all of the damages, but the bent frame and rod made for a tough time at the vey end getting the rods to sit together and line up to allow a bolt to be threaded in. I had to work at that, but once it was together it really looked nice so I guess Im between 3 and 4 stars. When I was putting it together I didnt like it as much as I do now that Ive had it in use for a few weeks.
It really is Gray, believe me
First, it is a heavy piece and therefore sturdy. The boards nice and thick, as well as the frame. Looking at the product prictures and a lot of the reviews I thought this might be a grayed brown, but no, it is gray. (Even in my pictures I think it looks brown, but in person believe me its gray.) Since I could only get this color in the 55 its not really working in my utterly beige home. But its a nice enough piece that Im just planning on painting it. There were issue, a bent frame piece, a bent rod, wood without the screw hole insert, wood that was missing the paper overlay finish but had been painted gray to blend in. I was lucky because I was able to hide all of the damages, but the bent frame and rod made for a tough time at the vey end getting the rods to sit together and line up to allow a bolt to be threaded in. I had to work at that, but once it was together it really looked nice so I guess Im between 3 and 4 stars. When I was putting it together I didnt like it as much as I do now that Ive had it in use for a few weeks.