This looks just as beautiful as the picture and is SO sturdy. Love having a bookshelf that I don't have to worry about putting heavy things on or having it fall over or fall apart. The assembly was a little trickier than I had expected -- for us non-handy's out here it could have been more detailed re: the need to push screws into both pieces of the wood, and some of the screws attaching the legs to the shelves we weren't able to  fit in, but even with screws missing this piece is still super sturdy and brightening our home! :)