Elegant.  Functional and very definitely worth the price.  I use it as a book cart for carting around my heavy Dermatology books and lab top from my kitchen to my den to my dinning room...to wherever I decide to read or work.  It is sturdy and well made but the wheels are a bit undersized for the cart and do not cooperate too well when moving. I really have to coax and maneuver the cart slowly to get the wheels to roll with any sense of the word "roll".