This is a good product for the price and it was easy to put together. However, it is not made for wet shoes or any kind of dampness. the particle wood is just covered with what is basically a sticker made to look like wood. I noticed after setting my rain boots on the top rack, the water from the bottom soaked into the sticker and when I picked up the boot the next day, a small piece of it stuck on the boot and ripped off the shoe rack. So I took some vinyl contact paper and covered the top rack (may eventually do the other shelves as well) to make it water proof.