I was please with the look of the crate but was very disappointed with the condition upon opening the box. I didn't realize until I started assembly that a major structural part was broken. It had been factory assembled with 4 wooden dowels and all of them were broken. I had to make a trip to the hardware store and buy dowels and wood glue to repair.  Had to drill out the old dowels to replace with new ones. This was placed in the shipping box already broken because the two pieces were in different parts of the box. Very disappointing.