Love, love, love my fireplace!  It's real wood - which is surprisingly even and easy to assemble. We all know the headache of uneven pieces and hard to assemble furniture.  No worries for me on that.  It holds a very decent amount of books too.  The shelves are deep so you can have your favorite books to the front and others in the back. The fireplace gives out a substantial amount of heat and looks awesome doing it!