This would be a very nice and sturdy shelf, if you get one that isnt defective! Assuming that we just got a bad one that was pre-cut and built poorly. Everything went smoothly until the last few steps when it was too late! The holes do not line up, some built-in hardware is missing, and it was impossible to make it work. We thought maybe things were labeled incorrectly and tries moving them around, flipping them, but there was no way to make it work. It is definitely just drilled incorrectly and missing pieces. Luckily my boyfriend is handy and just made new holes and used a bunch of gorilla glue to hold things together. It still looks like a mess with extra holes and missing parts, but it will do until we get a replacement. Wont risk ordering this again though.