This is a very solid piece.  Its wood except for a bit of mfd on the backside of the doors and of course the backside is just a cutout panel.   Its not fun to put together.  The doors are hard to get lined up so they dont rub and the drawers are difficult to align as well.  After a few tries my husband finally got it together.  It took him a few hours actually but it could be that I normally do assembly on these type things so you may not have that problem.  Its nice and has a somewhat mod look which I have always been drawn to.  The only other thing is that the wood doesnt seem sealed and it may be a real dust collector as well as easily scratched.  I think that we are going to seal it to protect it.  Neat piece but for the price I think it should have higher durability.