I bought this for our new apartment and its worth buying for! My set up in my entry way is perfect and i love it so much. I also assemble this alone with no help since my husband did all the heavy lifting. My only issue is that, because this metal, my advice is to NOT tighten all the screws one by one as the legs will NOT be leveled or flat on the ground, it will be wobbly if you do that. I didn't need to mount it on the wall as it was perfectly flat and very stable!!