This Etagere Is Very Well Made. The Box That It Comes In Is Fairly Compact, Although Due To It'S Weight Needs Two People To Carry It. The Shelves While A Very Pretty Veneer Wood Are Indeed Wood And Not Particle Board Or Mdf I Believe. These Are Solid Shelves.While The Bookcase Was Easy To Put Together, The Instructions Could Have Been A Little Bit Better I Believe. The Pictures Were Small And Hard To Make Out At Times. I Had An Impact Driver With The Required Hex Bit. This Was A Life Saver And Drastically Reduced The Time And Effort It Would Have Taken To Assemble The Shelves With Just The Included Hex Key. If You Don'T Have The Impact Driver Or Hex Bit Expect This Shelf To Take A Few Hours To Assemble.The End Results Are Worth It. The Etagere Is Beautiful, Practical And Well Built. At The Price It'S Offered On Wayfair, It'S A Bargain To Boot.