This was about as expected, a nice looking piece of furniture. Assembly was a little more tedious than I expected, it has a lot of pieces and the whole thing needed to be assembled from scratch. Took a lot of hammering to secure the nails in the backplates. Took my husband and I several hours to assemble working together. In a few places the laminate cracked as we tightened the screws, I worry how this will hold up long term. But for the price it’s typical laminated furniture.