The top shelf shipped with a split in the wood on the corner. When you first take it out of the box it smells very heavily of pine or stain, not sure. It lasted about 3 days before the smell went away. Assembly is super easy. It is not as heavy duty as I thought it would be. Once I assembled it and secured it to the wall it met our needs for holding our books. However, if I had purchased this from a local store I would return it. But since it was shipped from Wayfair I do not want to get in the hassle of returning it.