You get what you pay for and at this price you can't expect solid wood. It's definitely more hefty than I expected and at least smells like wood even though 90% of it is particle board with a sticker. The only parts that are solid wood are the legs and sides of the drawers. I really like the look of it and the hardware it came with. My only 2 complaints were that some of the holes were not drilled wide enough for the legs so I had really raw hands screwing the piece together and it took forever. There were also some cracks in the particle board on certain corners through the screw holes but they ended up being on the back side of the nightstand so I just made due.