I do really like this bookshelf. Serves it's purpose. Cannot hold an enormous number of books, but is a nice accent piece for my favorite reads and fits neatly into a corner. The top two shelves can definitely not hold any books, but can fit little knick knacks or small picture frames. As you can see in my picture, I've just put a few things there for now but I'm not done decorating. The main issue is that the instructions are only pictures and are unclear about what side goes where. I put it all together only to realize that I drilled everything together inside out, so I had no way to connect the top to the bottom (basically assembly is two small bookshelves top and bottom then you attach them together with a bracket). I decided I thought it looked fine so I'll just get some wood glue to glue them discretely together and call it a day.