Bought this for my mom's new house as we had brooms with no place to put them. Put it together with my brother and it was pretty easy. I didn't realize it had shelves but we just put it together without them - I wish it was slightly taller so we could fit brooms/mops AND a shelf for cleaning supplies but as it is is exactly how I was intending to use it so no complaints. The broom holding brackets I bought separately but they really make it uber functional.