I purchased two of these for my deck. I opened the first box and found the stain color was awful, too jarring for my taste, but I painted all the parts white and then assembled. Very easy to put together and it's a very sturdy little stand. I then opened the second box and found that there were only 6 shelves. Wayfair was great at sending another one to me in short order. I stained the second one with a solid stain and it went much faster than the white paint.