I wanted to like this based on the reviews, but when it came, I was extremely disappointed. I ordered the white wash. The shelves are kind of rough and while the listing says it won't splinter, it feels like it could. Also, you can't really tell by the pictures, but you have to really like the distressed/rustic look. When ours arrived, they appeared damaged as it looks like someone drilled holes all over the shelves. You can sort of see them in the pictures in the link, but it's much more apparent in person, to the point where we didn't know if it was supposed to be like that or were they really damaged. These holes are not for where you are supposed to mount the shelves either. We wound up returning them.