Had a few issues with the item. I purchased this to place in a narrow space and was relying on the description which shows an 8" depth. The depth is actually 8.75". The depth measurement also fails to take into account a board that runs along the back of the unit from top to bottom. Overall, the shelf is 9.5" in depth. There was a small ding in one of the boards that looks like it occurred during shipment. There is little room for error when using inserting the screws. We had to remove one and it nicked up the area around the hole quite a bit and ruined the screw. I actually like the look of the shelf, and I'm going to try to make some modifications to get it to fit into the space intended.