I needed a short bookcase to hold my cookbooks in the corner of the kitchen. I ordered the 4' unfinished bookcase and finished it with a mix of Minwax Special Walnut and Verathane Antique White wood stains. I then protected the entire case with polyacrylic. Assembly was fast and easy. The instructions recommend hand screwing, which worked fine for most of the case, but I found using a power drill easier for finishing up the back. Stain and Poly took a couple of days. It looks fantastic and makes finding and using my cookbooks a breeze.