They are great if you don't look too closely. I knew before buying the wood shelves weren't finished on both sides (which is really stupid) and the metal brackets were going to be kinda bent and I was going to have to adjust them. I knew that from reading the previous comments and it's all true, but I got a great deal. Like I said, they look great if you don't look too closely and serve their purpose. I ended up putting the finished side on the bottom because it showed a lot and there is some varnish dripping from the finished side. It makes cleaning them annoying, but that's how they are going to stay until I varnish them myself. Get yourself some good screws beforehand though because the ones they provide are ridiculously short. They might make shelves but it seems they have no clue about how to secure them properly to walls.