Serving the purpose perfectly. We acquired a new puppy around Christmas and discovered that any shoe left out shall be found and chewed before you can say "peace on earth, goodwill to all". This is not a piece of heirloom furniture and does not pretend to be so in that light it is perfectly fine and is saving shoes from certain destruction on a daily basis. Assembly was not too difficult and all of the parts fit as they were intended. Very good value.