I like the look of this shelf, and it seems pretty sturdy. I would purchase it again. My complaint is assembly. If you have the extra money, I would recommend paying to have it assembled. Putting it together was fairly difficult, because the images made it difficult to tell if the pieces were in the correct position. Also the screws were very difficult to get in and there are even some screw screws that did not have holes screwed in them directly so if you don’t have a drill, it’s pretty challenging to get them in. I ended up put the pieces together and abandoning the directions.