Even though this is manufactured wood, the material is solid and the color/tone looks good with the other wood & steel items in my kitchen.  This sideboard houses my casserole dishes and some china nicely, as well as displaying my cookbooks on the bottom shelf.  The inside of the cabinets have holes for electrical wires so I imagine this could be used as a TV stand as well, albeit taller than standard.  I had to use a power drill for assembly.