I scoffed at other reviewers claiming that the instructions were not that clear.   I'm a furniture assembling superstar I thought to myself.   I even helped kids with 5,000 piece lego sets, this will be no problem for this champ!  Was I wrong.  The instructions are not clear indeed!   I partially assembled it only to disassemble and quizzically look at this shelf like a dog turning their head side to side.   Eventually I figured out that the bottom lateral metal pieces are NOT attached the same way!   The back piece is higher than the front piece.  Duh!    Otherwise it's a nice shelf at a good price - perfect for the area I had in mind.