The material wasn't made out of heavy wood as I thought it would be but it's holding my photo albums. Not much of instructions but I was able to put it together with the picture diagram. It was pretty simple to put together. A lot of screws. The packaging wasn't the best. I heard a lot of rattling so when I opened the box the larger screws I needed were not in a bag they were just loose in the box. Luckily they were all there.