Bought this nightstand for my bedroom in my first apartment (as well as the Tinley 4 Drawer Chest) just as starter furniture, and I have to say I'm pretty happy with it! The color is beautiful, it's more of a taupe grey than beige grey and I love that you can adjust the height of the bottom shelf. It did take my boyfriend and I about 3 hours to assemble it, but that was before we went and bought a power drill for the chest of drawers. My only complaint with this nightstand is that when you pull the drawer out, the drawer catches on some of the screws on the slide runners and its a little unwieldy to  open, but I feel like that's an issue that will wear down over time and cease to be a problem. Definitely would recommend to a friend, as long as they have a power drill!