It's a cute bookshelf that fits well in a somewhat small space. As others have noted, and I have included a picture, a corner of the wood (which I think is really particle board) had damage.  It seems to be packaged well but there have been several reviews which state this is a problem.  They give you white "stickies" to put over the screws/nails so I used the left-over stickies to cover the damage. If you are able to zoom in on the picture you can see the stickies on the shelf that contains the CDs.  It took approximately 30-45 minutes to put together without much difficulty. Ok, well, I didn't put it together. I hired someone to do that.