I reinforced all the joints with some strong wood glue and that has got it a bit more stable for what I planned to use this for.

The glue it tells you to use is also a joke

Decent quality, you should use glue and additional nails to secure the back

I can absolutely understand why people who put this together themselves would recommend wood glue, it is wobbly as all heck when putting it together, so I recommend having 2 people

This is the worst piec e of furniture I have ever encountered on assembly and anything else

The shelf are wick and fall apart easily not worth the shipping

This is the worst piec e of furniture I have ever encountered on assembly and anything else

It is a great shelf for it's price, especially since it includes the 3 fabric baskets.

I went to Menard's (a hardware store 2 hours from us) and bought a VERY nice shelf for $10.00 more and it was amazing.

The stupid thing came with two top pieces, so one part couldnt even be put on, the rest broke while being assembled- two screws pulled out and broke a shelf and even a freaking wooden down broke one of the center supports while i was putting the middle shelf in

It was easy to put together and is offered at a great price.

Due to the reasonable price point I thought I would take the risk

This is the worst piec e of furniture I have ever encountered on assembly and anything else

Easy to put together and just what I was looking for at reasonable price.

But I'm not complaining because the quality is quite good for amazon's discounted budget, not top level, price

This is the worst piec e of furniture I have ever encountered on assembly and anything else

This is the worst piec e of furniture I have ever encountered on assembly and anything else

the little wooden knubs that hold the middle shelves are so brittle they'll break when you flip the shelf on its front

This was a tiny, wimpy, cheaply made piece of "furniture."The dowels are too long and drove right through the top and bottom "shelves."Not worth a penny

They are not the sturdiest shelving but they definitely do the

Poor condition

POC-piece o' crap!!!!!

2 out of 3 arrived in perfect condition, third contained a broken skit panel (long piece on top)The reviews weren't a concern, since I was not planning on using them for furniture

POC-piece o' crap!!!!!

The product arrived un-assembled and after I had the thing half way assembled I noticed a couple of the pieces werent in good condition (not due to shipping, these pieces had been broken prior to being put in the box)

The 3 fabric bins were included, and we ordered 3 more from the same company, as they were kind of an "odd" size.

It was my own fault for not reading the reviews, I was just so excited to find something the right size, I didn't care, until it arrived.

It's just right size for some shoes and some toys and wide enough on top to place things as well

We used it to put a 20 gallon aquarium on and it was almost exactly to right size

I also like the compact size it fit very well against a short wall, plus it's kind of cute with the little baskets

We were going to use it in a conference room but had to just use it in the supple storage room.

😠 the wood literally split as I was putting it together!!

We also put them in upside down, so the top would have additional storage -or even a hiding space

You are absolutely getting what you pay for, which is a cheap but functional, practical, cute-enough storage set.

This is the worst piec e of furniture I have ever encountered on assembly and anything else

A total disaster getting this thing together and when assembled, it was cheap looking and not at all stable

A total disaster getting this thing together and when assembled, it was cheap looking and not at all stable

The Grey wood look is actually very nice and not cheap looking.

it's super cheap looking and made poorly, but i'm fine with that

yes it's ugly and cheap looking, but we can tell all of this from the reviews, so it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.that being said, it completely adequately serves its function in my office holding some power tools, sand paper, acrylic scraps, and other gross things that i don't want touching expensive furniture

The boxes are this old creme color, almost look stained, not the nice color you see in the photo

I like the color and it was just perfect in my living room

It is the wrong color (you only get the picture color in the thin strips of material that separate the shelve’s compartments

The boxes are this old creme color, almost look stained, not the nice color you see in the photo

This is the worst piec e of furniture I have ever encountered on assembly and anything else

😠 the wood literally split as I was putting it together!!

Assembly was easy but the wood cracked a little when we drilled the screws in so becareful with that

Assembly was not as easy as Ikea assembly, but still easy

That being said, if you want a slightly easier assembly and slightly better quality, spend an extra $10 at Ikea

Agree with the other buyer that the baskets for the cubbies are very nice.

This is the worst piec e of furniture I have ever encountered on assembly and anything else

😠 the wood literally split as I was putting it together!!

but everyone was right, the baskets are a lot nicer than i expected.

Love it use in my travel trailer just wish baskets were stronger.

The addition of bins is awesome-adds a little character while also being very useful!

Hold alot of toys, as I purchased addition totes and my son loves the fact he can now get at any toy he wants.

I have it as 4 stars because the manufacturer could have done more quality checks to make sure no pieces were broken, however if you have some wood glue handy and dont mind a little character to your furniture then its a great addition and really useful.

😠 the wood literally split as I was putting it together!!

The material was made of poor quality wood that split as soon as pressure was put on it

Please do not spend your money on this poor quality bookcase

I have put together plenty of "assembly required" units, and have never seen such poor quality from the get go

That being said, if you want a slightly easier assembly and slightly better quality, spend an extra $10 at Ikea

It was easy to assemble and to my amazement it is pretty good quality and sturdy

Overall, this is a terrible product if anyone ever wants to build their own furniture

i can spend the same amount of money at another store and get a much better product.

We are appualed that Amazon would carry this inferior type product

My 10 year old daughter could make a better quality product with scrap wood and elmers glue

I buy from Amazon quite frequently and am normally very impressed, this was definitely a bad product.

I would recommend it , since it is a good furniture piece.

It's a cheaper piece of furniture but definitely worth the buy.

The bottom line is that if you are looking for a really nice piece of furniture this is not it

This is the worst piece of furniture I’ve ever had to assemble

It's a cheaper piece of furniture but definitely worth the buy.

I ordered it, eventhough the reviews weren't the best, because it was exactly the size I needed

Don't waste your money, I don't know why it got good reviews.

The extremely bad reviews are a bit overly dramatic.....

Was skeptical after seeing negative reviews but it's absolutely perfect.

If you are coaxed by the limited positive reviews and feel compelled to purchase, do not buy the suggested additional canvas boxes.

It helps me keep the things I use handy since I can no longer go down the stairs to the office.

The material kept busting from the dowels - literally, the chunks of it kept falling out; the whole thing was falling apart during assembly

If one breaks, the whole thing becomes unstable and is a total loss.

The whole thing collapsed while I was trying to assemble it

When putting it together the whole thing collapsed and broke part of it

The material was made of poor quality wood that split as soon as pressure was put on it

I reinforced all the joints with some strong wood glue and that has got it a bit more stable for what I planned to use this for.

The wood is cheap, the color does not look anything similar to the picture

It's getting only 4 stars because of how fragile the wood is

One star might not be a fair judgement, during assemble it fell over a broke into pieces, I should have went with solid wood.

When using the remaining dowels, I could see how they would break easily, as the materials were all pretty cheap.

Absolutely shottie materials... missing parts.... very cheap product!!

Cheap materials that break when taking the materials out of the box.

The few recommendations I would give are:1) Do not use power tools, they're way to hard core for this product... the material of this bookshelf is not strong enough to handle that kind of speed and force you will rip right through it

This product is made with really cheap materials and the holes you are supposed to insert the little pegs aren't drilled deep enough so you cannot even put this thing together

Some of the dowels were missing, as well as one screw

The wooden dowels were all broken off into the holes, I was missing screws and one of the boards was split!!

The stupid thing came with two top pieces, so one part couldnt even be put on, the rest broke while being assembled- two screws pulled out and broke a shelf and even a freaking wooden down broke one of the center supports while i was putting the middle shelf in

The wood pins broke while assembling it, the screws cracked the wood without even being halfway in, and the boards are cardboard thin

Two shelves were chipped, two screws were missing, and one side was a

Because the dowels broke and the board cracked while putting it together, it's useless

Fell over as we were putting it together breaking the dowels and the center pieces as well

A rubber mallet was handy in putting the rather flimsy dowels in

Fell over as we were putting it together breaking the dowels and the center pieces as well

The dowels sink all the way into the holes and don't hold the shelves together

Also, be careful during final assembly, it's made of flimsy particle board

It's cheap particle board and the second you put the screws in the finish chips off

You have to be very careful with placing the nails in the back because it's made of cheap particle board and will split easily

Although it looks good and sturdy in the advertised pictures, the unit is flimsy low grade particle board and will not support much weight at all.

Several parts of the veneer chipped off during a very careful installation and had to use the stickers provided to cover the screw caps to cover up the very bright particle wood underneath

This cabinet is made out of very weak, cheep, and easy to break particle board

And although I've put together alot of furniture, the screw holes were not right and the top very flimsy board was punctured by the screws.

The material is cheap partical board which breaks easily

It's cheap particle board and the second you put the screws in the finish chips off

Also, be careful during final assembly, it's made of flimsy particle board

My second order I was sent this product and the veneer is warped and chipped, the cut is slightly curved...remembering my last experience, I'm just going to write off this loss and not order from this company again

I opened and began assembling the first one, the holes were not drilled properly and the screws went through the cheap plywood veneer

Upon opening the box, one piece was broken in half and a few other pieces had missing and broken veneer

My husband tried putting it together and got so frustrated after one of the screws, then 2 of the screws, then 3 of the screws cracked the veneer on the top.

Veneer had scratches and the pressboard had chips in several places, one of the three back panels was a mis-match, and the instructions were a joke