I have two comments. One, this doesn't look like a high quality piece of wood furniture, because it isn't. Sometimes you get lucky and particle board can look like a million bucks. This was not one of those times. Do you care, because - look at the price you paid, right?  Also, it was difficult to put together. It took a long time. However, all the pieces were there and it did fit together.  It was also larger than I expected.  It's got plenty of space to store things and it seems happy next to our armchair.