I love this bookshelf!  It is not white like the description says but more of a beige, which is the color that I wanted.  This bookshelf is very sturdy and beautiful.  I only gave it four stars because it is rather difficult to put together.  The directions are in picture format only, very small and in some places hard to follow.  The tool (an allen wrench) included to put the unit together with is hard to use in this application.  I am rather good at putting this sort of furniture together and it took me about 3 hours to complete.