We are really happy with our media storage unit.  We have finally found something that will hold all of my husband's CDs with some room for growth (he bought three more last weekend).  I do agree with some of the other comments about painting the underside of the top before assembly.  It would have look terrible to have the raw bottom.  The shelves are not painted on the bottom either so we set up a quick spray painting and all is now black.  Painting the top is critical - not so much the shelves.  Other than that this is sturdy, looks great and I would definitely recommend it.  Assembly took us about 1/2 an hour, but we've put together a lot of this type of thing giving us an edge.