Great piece, especially for the price. The slats are a bit flimsy--make sure not to use those to lift doors when assembling. If you lay everything out and read the directions, assembly is easy, especially with a power drill. I did it alone (petite female) just fine aside from getting it up the stairs to my apartment. I might consider replacing the feet it came with as those look pretty cheap, otherwise a lovely piece. With some creative stacking and shoe placement, I have about 25 pairs of shoes in there (mostly wedges/booties/sneakers size 7, flats stacked all together, some sneaker pairs stacked vertically) with sandals under and tall boots on top. The top shelf is shorter (about 5.5-6"h) than the two lower ones (about 6.5"h).