Needed something to keep my school books and other items organized, and this works out great in my small office space! Decided on this shelf because I have the matching desk which is very sturdy, so I trusted this would be too. Went together pretty easy. A few pieces were a little tight fitting but I just used the base of my hand to pound it into place, no additional tools needed. Only issue I came across was that the legs didn’t seem even, but that was easily fixed by putting something under one of the legs to get rid of the wobble.