This piece of furniture was a nice addition to our family room and allowed us plenty of space to display our many photos. It arrived promptly and was relatively easy to assemble. The only complaint was that one of the shelves was slightly dinged, but not so much that we felt we needed to return it.

These shelves are lovely, spacious, and easy to assemble, even with only one person. The only reason I am giving them four stars instead of five is a design/cost-cutting issue. Each shelf is held to each side post by a long screw, which does most of the fastening, and two dowels which run between the posts and the shelves on either side of the screw, for stability and weight bearing. The dowels are flimsy pressboard -- I broke two of them during the assembly process, just moving the shelving to attach the other side. Would it really have been too expensive or difficult to make them of the same beautiful wood that the shelving is made of, or better yet, metal? There isn't even a measurement given on the instructions to let me know what size dowel they are, so that I can procure metal ones to replace them. Other than this issue, I'm very happy with the look of the shelves, and I'm sure my books are similarly happy to be freed of their moving boxes.

I purchased this shelf from AtHomeMart, and am extremely happy with the product. It arrived well packaged (almost over kill on the Styrofoam if you ask me...) and went together amazingly easy. I put it together by myself in maybe twenty minutes, I didn't even need to look at the instructions!There are only two things I can say that are the least bit negative about this product... One, I'm very sad it didn't come in an espresso finish, none of my other furniture is black. And two, I was not aware that the height of the shelf would be in two pieces. This is really not noticeable, it just was not what I was expecting. I was expecting the side pieces to be one solid long piece, but they are actually two smaller pieces you set together. Once together, they are very secure and the seam isn't terribly noticeable.All in all, I think this is a wonderful shelf. It looks great in my living room, is very sturdy, and (I feel) very well constructed. I would definitely recommend this product, especially for the price.

I wanted one of these since they first came out. This particular brand is nice and sturdy and easy to assemble. Worth the buy.

This bookshelf was well worth the money compared to other bookshelves. I looked in stores, catalogs and the internet. most other black ones where $400-1000. assembly was easy for me. it wasn't perfect but for the money it was really good and the free shipping was even better.

This is a nice shelf for the price. Crate and Barrel charges an arm and a leg for similar shelving, so this is a decent alternative. At Home Mart's customer service is also very good -when my shelf arrived broken they took care of it immediately, shipping out replacement pieces at no cost to me.

I have been looking for a ladder bookshelve for over a year and couldn't find any in person at a store that didn't look bulky or have way too high of a price tag. I wish I had ordered these sooner because they were exactly what I was looking for. They have a very low profile so they fit in my space nicely, yet they display a lot of items. The instructions said it would take 2 people to put together, but I was able to put it together myself with no problem (Think Ikea like connections). Overall it was the quality I expected and it looks exactly like it was pictured so I was very pleased. Delivery was quick and it came exactly when promised.

This was a Christmas gift for my daughter. She said that people really liked and her room mate was thinking of getting one.