Bought this shoe rack for my boyfriend and I because we have a substantial amount of shoes- the rack went together really easily, I put it together myself with a hammer, seems sturdy now that it's finished, and holds all our shoes in a place we don't have to see them so that's great! Only thing I would mention is that any stiletto heels of any height look awkward on the shelves and the heels themselves hang down into the next tier. Also, shoe boxes will not fit on these shelves at all, so if you plan on saving your boxes, you have to figure out somewhere else to keep them.