While this shoe stand certainly looks cute, the quality is terrible. Even though the wood feels heavy, the quality of wood is pathetic. When assembling two pieces together, the screws that were meant to hold them easily tore into the adjacent pieces (and I was just using a regular screw driver). The wood also chips easily. I have assembled many pieces of furniture below, and am very disappointed at this quality, especially since this piece is pricey for a shoe stand. 

The installation took a long time, if this was a smaller item I would have probably disassembled and returned.