This shelf is solid and seems to be really sturdy. Really cute design. There are a lot of pieces so it definitely goes faster if you have 2 people putting things together. With that being said the directions were easy to follow and it was pretty easy to get together. The only negative I have to say about this shelf is that the knobs were really hard to get on. One I couldn’t even get on because the screw was too short and it wouldn’t catch to be able to screw it on the knob at all.