You get what you paid for.........I bought it because I found this product to be cute and didn't even think why it would be so cheap. Had I known what a nightmare it would be to put this together, I wouldn't have purchased this. Buy it ONLY If you are willing to pay someone to put this together or you are fine putting together 19 pieces for hours!! The manual does not contain any words and only pictures. The step by step pictures are not at all helpful and have been put together by an impractical person. For example,  it doesn't even tell you which side would be the frontal facing and which side would be the back of the TV stand. If you do not know the sides, you might end up having wood markings (#s identifying pieces) on the front side of the TV stand. The poor instructions will lead to some imperfections in the end product as shown in my pics. I wouldn't say it's a waste of money because it is still very cute and you get what you paid for.