Exactly as pictured.  Did it myself - about 1 1/2 hours - senior citizen lady - just needed help tightening screws, lifting, and moving.  Here's a tip - each shelf is numbered.  When assembling, place shelf with numbers on side where they can be seen.  So when placing next shelf, numbers can be seen easily to verify that shelf is going in correct place.  One more thing - all small squares are same size except for one which is slightly smaller - and that goes on the top.  Learned that the hard way.