These bookcases are beautiful. The wood is very solid and the white paint is perfect. I like that the cabinet doors line up perfectly. We drilled a hole in the corner of the open case to be able to thread some media cords and it is very smooth - no splintering of the wood. The bottom of the cabinet section is slightly narrower (33") than the top. This allowed us to fit it in an alcove without having to remove the base molding of the alcove.