I was pleased to find that this piece is sold wood & quite heavy. None of the pieces were damaged and we thought that we were finished assembling it until we found out that the bottom drawer wouldn’t close. That strip of wood across the bottom of the front, which has both a screw in each end & dowel pins was up too high & the bottom drawer would not close all the way. You have no idea how difficult it was to get that piece in just the right position and reattach it. Forget the dowel pins, those were not able to be used so my husband used his compressor & pin nails  to hold it place until he got the provided screw in the correct place. Hopefully it will hold the way it is. Someone at the factory was not measuring correctly when they drilled the holes for that piece. The average person who buys this piece of furniture would never be able to correct that particular issue on their own. Other than that issue, and it was a big one, we love the chest.