The bookshelf is gorgeous! It's nice and sturdy and I can feel confident knowing whatever I put on there is good to go. My boyfriend was able to put the whole thing together by himself - though I offered to help ;). As everyone else mentioned, the steel is noticeably blue. I don't mind since we have a lot of other blue things in that room but I can see where it would bother someone looking to completely match. The steel was also bent when we got it which is frustrating because it's on the top and it wasn't an inexpensive purchase.