I needed a book shelf but I have 3 boys and one is a climber so a bookshelf worried me.  This was perfect and I can set their board games on top.  My husband thought it was cheaply made but when I saw it put together, it works for what we need and I don't consider this a furniture piece that needs to be extremely well built.  I bought two to stack but they hold a good bit of stuff so using in two different areas.