We were pleased with the piece when we put it together. It looks good and sturdy and is a nice dark wood (more like in the pictures showing it with things on than the picture with a white background). However, within days of use one of the small ledges (not sure hat else to call them) that the shelves sit on broke off. It seems they are only very crudely stapled in place. We had not placed anything heavy on the shelf just some small dog toys and a handful of cleaning rags! Given the effort it took to put it together we just did not feel like trying to return it! We are just going to glue it back in place and hope none of the others break off. It was not difficult to assemble, just a little awkward! If you purchase this please do what the little note on the bag of assembly hardware says and do not tighten the bolts completely until you have the whole thing put together. This gives you some maneuverability when trying to get all the holes to line up.