This item is pretty flimsy. The top piece is nice but the shelves and legs are not very high quality. Mine arrived scratched on the back of the bottom shelf. The finish is also worn along the back side (before being used). I do not feel it is very high quality and although real wood, very light. But, because it is a shoe rack after all I decided to keep it an color in the scratches with a marker. Because it is dark anyway you cannot tell and I'm sure over time it will get dinged up from shoes. I could have returned it but didn't want to deal with the hassle. From a few feet away it does look very nice.