The piece shipped quickly and was very well packaged. This is a solid, well-made piece. The metal sides have very clean welds. It was fairly easy to put together, but do take your time. Also, it's quite heavy, so it would be best to have two people to assemble. It looks great in our entry-way, and we are very happy with it. One note - other reviewers mentioned that they had difficulty installing the legs because the drawers do not come all the way out; there are two plastic safety clips that stop the drawers. This is true, but the plastice safety clips are held in place with 2 screws - simply remove the safety clips, pull out the drawers, install the legs, put the drawers back in, and re-install the saftety clips.