I love this bookcase.  I purchased for my office.  Every person that comes in comments on how nice it looks in the space.  Everyone asks me where I got it from.  Fortunately, I did not have to put it together myself (b/c it looked like quite the process-many pieces).   I also really love the color of the shelves (more of a light coffee color).  The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is that it's not necessarily the most stable shelf.  Not that I think it will fall apart if you set anything heavy on it, but it's the type of shelf where if you bump into it whilst walking by-it'll shake and things will fall over.  So, I guess it depends what you want to put on it.  For me, I am using for binders an books-so nothing that will break if I should bump the shelf and the items fall over.