Very attractive and sturdy bookcase, and relatively easy to put together. As other reviewers have said, it does have a very strong chemical smell, but I assume that will go away pretty quickly. It was also deceiving from the pictures that the shelves are designed so that they have a lip around them and aren’t flat. You could install them with the slay side up but would either not have it attached to the metal frame or would have to screw new holes.  I opted to have the lip up and I still like it very much.