The overall aesthetic is nice, but the unit is poorly constructed, even for an assemble-it-yourself piece. Some of the pieces were too warped to assemble the unit correctly; we had to literally shove them into place and hope that they stayed. (Actually broke a piece in the process.) Other pieces arrived to us broken. Would have returned, but it wasn't worth the hassle to repack it (not to mention the shipping fees, as the unit weighs a ton). We just made everything work with some wood glue.