Originally I was solely attracted to this item's storage capacity but we found that the cherry color fits into our living room color scheme nicely. Usually put together items like this are one solid color and boring but this item is unique enough to stand out without looking like it doesn't belong. The unit was pretty darn easy to put together but without my wife's help it would have been difficult. I would definitely get another one of these if I needed it but with a maximum storage capacity of 1,500 CDs I think i'm gonna be hard pressed to fill this thing up.