The assembly instructions are a little awkward in that some pieces shouldn't be assembled in the order of the instructions. You can't insert the doors after you've assembled the "box", so take it apart and hold the door in and than screw the top of the unit down.  It's made of parawood, which is in the rubber tree family, so the wood isn't very porous and doesn't take stain or finish very readily.  But, for the cost, you couldn't make a TV stand for less.