One of the nightstands we received had a chip in the surface, but other than that these seem like good sturdy nightstands. They do take some effort to assemble with some of the screws being pretty difficult to screw in. Strangely the instructions recommend wax on the sliding bars for the drawers since they don't have ball bearing drawer slides, however no wax is provided. Regardless the drawers aren't that bad to open and close, but I wouldn't recommend it if you want to use these heavily in your home, it seems like the wood could wear down over time.