Love the look! We weren't able to recess this into the wall so it sticks out about 5 inches total but we don't mind. The door shuts with a strong magnetic closure. Its makes a loud thus each time but we only minded when our newborn was sleeping in our room at the time. The shelves are glass and sit on somewhat loose brackets. Made me nervous they would slip off so we put a little bumper sticker on all of the front brackets to avoid any slipping and so that it slightly tilts the shelves to the back if anything were to slide.