Beautiful product for the price and very multifunctional for small spacesapartments. Fairly easy to assemble, although it took me several hours to put together by myself. Id suggest not tightening the hardware all the way until you set the wood panels in. (I had to go back and untighten them to make each panel fit, which was a pain.) And even though the wood isnt real--its just textured particleboard--it looks real enough when finished because it sets into the metal frame and hides the edges. (Much nicer than another shelf system I purchased where the shelf sides were exposed and thus, looked a lot more fake.)