Beautiful server fits well in our tiny condo entrance. The pine is untreated pine, so it's quite soft wood. It's held up really well in the 18 months since I purchased it. It was a bit of an ordeal to build it. An even bigger ordeal to get a full working one. Wayfair sent me 3 different servers because the parts were either mouldy (asthma!!!), missing; had doubles of some of the parts, but missing the opposite side piece and faulty and/or damaged parts. It took at least 2 months to be able to build one from all those messed up servers, which meant I had a half built server in my entranceway the whole time. Wayfair offered a discount for the inconvenience. So despite the initial aggravation and waste of materials, I'm extremely happy with the server and recommend it. Hopefully the manufacturer has upped their quality control.