It is a good solid piece and goes well with the other furniture in our sitting room. The bead board backing had a little damage but I just flipped it to the smooth  side which I preferred. One of the doors on the base wouldn't close. But I just took both doors off and will be using the space for tossing shoes in. The unit is shorter than the photo seems to indicate, but for the value it is fine and certainly will function exactly the way I need it to. It takes two people to do some of the construction. But if you follow the instructions it is pretty straight forward to put together.