quality control certainly limited on this product, while the design and overall stability is adequate, the holes in one side were drilled in incorrect spot and it was impossible to put the pieces together.... I know the instinct is to be sure we were just putting it together wrong, but after hours of trying (males and females), we realized, it was just drilled on the wrong side.  At that point, it's way too much trouble to take it apart, package it and return it, so we're stuck with it.  Overall if it was possible to put it together without holes showing or having to drill own holes, it could be a pretty piece with acceptable stability but very frustrating quality of attention to proper pieces