The product appears to be engineered for shipping, cutting the side panel in half so that you must put 2 same size "boxes" together (hard to match), with two separate backs, and then the positioning of "fixed shelf" is right smack dab in the middle, so the top half fits two more shelves in but the bottom half only has one insertable shelf.

Then a few months later, I needed to partially disassemble it to move it, and the top half became completely unstable and unusable

When we set it down on the floor, the top half split apart from the bottom half

Then a few months later, I needed to partially disassemble it to move it, and the top half became completely unstable and unusable

When we set it down on the floor, the top half split apart from the bottom half

I would imagine that they will make the bottom half a bit taller so when you devide the bottom half by 3 and the top by 2, it doesn't look too weird

The entire top half of the bookcase is held on by two 2" screws

The top and bottom half are only held together with 4 small poorly fitted dowels, and the whole thing is very unsteady

If there is even the slightest tilt, the weight of the top half will progressively push the screws further and further to the side of the flimsy frame boards and inevitably collapse

I usually hate putting things together, but this was actually easy and worked as it should.

Product may seem a little darker a but is almost true to color