Beautiful piece of furniture when assembled and drawers operate smoothly. Took us a few hours though... And the wood for the drawer sides was a bit dry - one was split when it arrived and the other when we touched it. So we glued them back together. (Probably why it took us so long.) Once assembled however, it seems very sturdy and nothing split when we moved the finished piece upstairs. We used spray on beeswax furniture polish on the runners, just to make sure they would run smoothly, and rubbed in a Colron coloured stain to bring out the colour of the wood. Looks fantastic now.