Overall I'm very happy with the baker's rack, it's helping me to free up some counter space and organize some cookbooks and other things. Looks nice in the kitchen and it seems to be pretty sturdy. The instructions are good and assembly was a pretty painless process. It took maybe an hour and a half to assemble it by myself.  A couple of the shelves did have some small scratched areas. I used a brown Sharpie to color over it and it looks okay now. I tried to store my Kitchenaid mixer on the bottom shelf, but it won't go all the way back - it hits a support bar under the shelf above that blocks it from going all the way in. The mixer can be positioned sideways on just the front half of the shelf.