Beautiful bookcase, sturdy and fits perfectly in my house. The backing is tacky like most do it yourself bookcases these days but you don't even notice it with books on the shelves. Mine was beat up in several places, but it being so heavy I didn't feel like it was worth complaining. It had two big scratches on the top and a couple corners were smashed. Put together it looks great though and it wasn't too bad getting together either (I was able to do it myself).