This was a fantastic shelving unit in my son’s room. It did take some time to assemble. I needed to move it after a few years. What a nightmare! You’ll never get it apart and back together again! The small dowel rods and metal pins holding the shelves in kept splitting the shelves. After a fight, I got it back together. Some held together with duct tape. But good enough now for extra food storage in the basement. If you’ll never need to move it…it’s awesome!