From afar this looks like a very nice piece of furniture, but up close you realize the quality is nothing impressive. After hours of putting this together [...] I was disappointed. Some of the pieces are particle board with laminate, and flimsy. Also, the ladder is awful, it doesn't even touch the floor unless you are on it. And no matter how tight you screw the rungs in, they start to move and rotate under your feet when you are on it! The placement of the pre-drilled holes makes zero sense. All in all this is not worth what we paid for it. [...]