This stand is absolutely beautiful and it is quite sturdy! I definitely suggest 2 people work together to put it together as it is very time consuming. My brother-in-law put it together by himself and it took him almost 3 hours.

Only reason that I am not giving it 5 stars is because there were a few scratches on the stand where the box it arrived in was damaged. I used the stickers provided to cover the hardware to cover them as I don't mind seeing the hardware on the inner shelves. 

For the price, it is well worth it!