I love this! It was really easy to assemble and is a nice, heavy piece of furniture. It's so far survived having cats climbing on top of it, it holds a lot of coats and shoes (not to mention hats and bags) - and at present it is sheltering a black racer snake that my cat brought to the door to show me. I picked up the cat, the snake shot into the house and under the closet, and they are now having a standoff.