It ships in two separate packages so that may be where some reviewers’ confusion lays. It took two of us less than 1 hr to set up fully. The MDF is a beautiful washed desaturated wood tone. It fits a standard full sized mattress (53x75”). this bookcase works well with my Zinus bed frame that’s the exact dimensions of my full mattress so it all fits inside. But then the bookcase was too low, so i got rectangular furniture lifts so that the inner shelves are higher than my mattress. This then meant I didn’t use the two wooden planks to wrap around the bed, but it looks nice anyway. This is a great piece, overall.