The bookcase was easy to assemble, and the color is very nice. I ordered two of the bookcases and unfortunately one of them was damaged upon arrival. We knew it might be damaged because one of the boxes had dried up dirt and looked real worn out. We continued to assemble the second bookcase and saw where it was damage. We were disappointed because the bookcase is white, so the damage is very noticeable. My husband and I did not want to break it down and put it back into the box because that would take a lot of time and since this bookcase is pretty big, we just wanted to continue and finish putting it together. I would have given it 5 starts but because we paid a lot of money, we expected the bookcase to not be damage.