For around $100, this is a nice looking small bookcase.  I used it in our guest room on the wall facing the foot of the bed, which is cherry wood.  The cherry finish is redder and lighter than real cherry wood, but looks pleasant enough.  Sturdy after assembly, a nice finish.  If I ever am tempted to buy one of those awful discount store bookcases again I will try to remember how nice this one looks, at about the same price.  I'd buy  another one, and to me that's my main sign of a good purchase.