It's nice for the price...nothing more, nothing less. It's not real wood and the legs are plastic, but you can't really tell once it's together and you have some things on it. I was going to put a small 5 gallon fish tank on it, but didn't feel comfortable with the weight, but I'm using it in my office for supplies where it looks good and it serves it's purpose. You can't compare it to a $100 book shelf though. PS: I got the dark cherry, which looks nice even up against my real solid wood cherry desk, but no one is going to mistake it for real wood up close...but a few steps back and you're fine.