It looks quite nice and will serve its purpose well enough. However, understand that this is a budget friendly cubby shelf and it does offer pretty good value. It is a small step above what you can get from a big box store. The rigidity of the unit suffers some from not having a back panel, but does have the nice feature of being double sided. Assembly is quick and easy (30min). Adding glue to the joints could help improve joint strength and make it more solid.