The item arrived damaged, with two cracks running the width of the longest piece. You can see from where the cracks are that the wood split when it was drilled, so it should never have been sent out. Putting it together wasn't easy, as we were worried about doing further damage, but decided to give it a go due to the faff of returning such a big item. We couldn't get the metal rods in on the left side, without flipping the unit and potentially putting too much strain on it, so we left them off. Like other reviewers have said, the shelf doesn't sit flush to the floor - it rocks forward and feels very unstable. Had to wedge it up underneath with dish cloths. All in all, very disappointing for the price and would hesitate to order something like this from Wayfair again.