I needed something small and tall for two short walls in my 500 sq ft, 1 BR.. Great for unhandy person who can abide inexpensive KD 'furniture'. The black tubes don't look plastic and the shelves look decent. Good thing I bought two since damaged box (cf photo) didn't contain instructions; would've been easy to figure out, but still.  Also, the shelves in the damaged box had little cuts on the side. If not for that, might've been 5*.