I was looking for a bookcase that had a cabinet on the bottom for us to put our board games. This one looked perfect, and fit in with the rest of our living room. It got to our house fast, but was a huge pain to put together, taking a few hours. Now that its up, I do like it, but the cabinet doors have two or three centimeters where they do not meet, so you can see a little of whats inside, which I'm not very fond of. It will work really well as a bookshelf though.