For the price I was expecting a little more as far as quality goes. It's a little under par with other "kit" bookshelves. the main problem I have with this shelf is that holding the top and bottom pieces together is only one screw per load bearing beam. When I put it up I was worried the entire top half would just topple over. It looks nice and the extended base is a nice touch. Like I said, it's an OK shelf and the only one I found with this kind of capacity. Still, I would have liked to  not spend as much money on it as I did.