This is a sharp looking piece. The MDF wood shelves are only about 14” thick, and the MDF edge shows if you choose to place them as “shelves” (resting on top of the shelf bracket with bracket ‘lip’ facing up) so I chose to place them as “trays” (shelf bracket ‘lip’ facing down with wood shelf nestled down on top). This means I can slide things (like baskets) on and off the shelf, I have to place them down in the tray, but that’s fine for my purposes it’s nice that it keeps things in place.