This is a pretty good piece for inexpensive furniture. No its not real wood it's mdf, but it looks nice and is very solid and heavy duty. The instructions for assembly were not the best, but luckily I have put together several items similar to this so I was able to sort it out. I have a very tall wall that I mounted a 75" tv on and needed something to hold all the electronics. The Tv is mounted high on the wall so I was looking for a fairly substantial (size wise) piece to go under it. Couldnt find anything for under a grand that suited my needs, so..... I bought 2 of these units and stacked them! With them being perfectly square and symmetrical, it worked perfect, just didn't attach the legs! used the sliding glass doors on the bottom unit, the adjustable shelves on the top one. Looks like one huge piece, for $340. Not too shabby...