The veneer is well done and the pieces are solid. Once built, this piece looks just as pictured. The downside is that the pieces are not as clearly marked as my old eyes would have liked. It took me an entire day to build the unit. One of the important pieces attached to the backside was actually cut backwards, so I was not able to anchor the piece to the wall at the top where it needed to be. A couple of the hardware pieces were broken, but fortunately I have built so many pieces of furniture over the past few weeks that I had ready substitutes. All in all this was a cute piece of furniture and Im happy with my purchase.