Color as you can see from my collage is much darker than I was expecting. Was hoping for the lighter color so thats part of my rating. Also my brother (very handy ) says this was poorly made by manufacturer due to fact that it didnt line up many of the screws split.. We also noticed occasional stray pieces of wicker which had fallen off fell before even starting to put together. Eventhough the first bench was less time consuming for putting together it still had its problems but I know it was less complicated less frustrating tthen the second bench that arrived a few days later.