Is a small shelf but it looks nice! I had friends coming to my house and received good comments. I will definitely get a second one.

in color and weight. my husband said it best when he said the legs look spindly. The folding part is a bit misleading because to fold them down to store them t=you have to unscrew some hardware which seems to defeat the purpose. But I'm not too worried because I bought then because they are tall & thing, perfect for next to my desk. The inside shelf spaces are 12 1/4 x 12 x 1/4 & 10 1/2 deep.

I PUT THIS SHELF TOGETHER IN NO TIME -LOOKS GREAT IN MY BEDROOM -HOLDS A LOT OF BOOKS ALSO

This is the second Winsome Wood Folding 4-Tier Shelf, Natural I have purchased. It is practical and space saving. I wish they still sold them in stores.

Like the shelf very nice furnitureEasy to put together/very little assemblyLooks really niceWood a little darker then expected

This replaced a similar shelf and we knew the size and color would be right. Good price and arrived quickly.

If you need a bookshelf that's not too wide but still holds plenty of books, this is what you need. Easy to assemble. My teenage son built it in about an hour or so. You won't be disappointed.

I was desperate for book shelf space at the office, but I live in a cube there, with very little room. This slim unit is just the right height to not stick up over the top of my space, narrow enough so that I can still open file drawers and otherwise work around it in my small space, and best of all, very easy to put together. I would recommend this to others with a need for a slim, sturdy book case. Very nicely finished as well.

This shelf unit is great for smaller spaces and dark corners. Because of it's open ladder-style design, it doesn't look big and clunky. I'm really happy with it- I got the 4-Tier shelf. It's well built and the Antique Walnut is a very pretty finish. I think it's a good deal for the money, and it arrived just a few days after I ordered it (in perfect shape). Oh- it does take some assembly...really easy. I had mine put together, polished and decorated in about 20 min.

Very nice. Arrived in good condition. Easy to set up, and a good value. I'm considering buying a second one.

We bought this for our spa-style bathroom and it couldn't be more perfect. It is better quality than the typical bathroom-specific shelves and it's a great size. My husband thought it was shorter than what appeared online, but it fits well in our space. It also came 90% assembled (just the top shelf needed brackets installed), which was a definite perk. Good value as well.

Nice, small, collapsible. Matches nicely with winsome table and chairs with oak finish. Easy to assemble, just follow included instructions, so easy can probably even do without. Very happy with purchase.

Before purchasing this shelf, I read all the reviews and I was almost discouraged from purchasing by the bad reviews. There were a lot of complaints about assembly, and placement of the predrilled holes on the shelf. When I received the product I was pleasantly surprised to not have any of the described problems. With a little common sense, you can easily move the pegs to make them fit in the predrilled holes. The product is very sturdy and simple to assemble. Its small size makes it a perfect buy for anyone with limited space.

This product works nicely for a small space, but it was very mangled the first time we received it and still had a crack in it the second time (we sent the first one back and requested a new one). Overall it is a decent product for the money.

Good news for those of us looking for beautiful, inexpensive, quality furniture!!I got my Winsome Wood Folding 4-Tier Shelf, Natural today and put it togetherimmediately. Winsome has apparently been reading all the negative reviewsfor this item because I had none of the difficulties reported by previous buyers.In particular, the packaging was fine -- it came through without any damageto speak of -- and was well wrapped. It's a heavy item -- so, you have toexpect some damage to the box but as I say, the aforementioned bookcaseis unscathed. And the screws/hardware were appropriate and easy enough to screw intothe appropriately situated pre-drilled holes. This is good sturdy furniture.You only have to attach the top shelf -- and that's fine -- if they did it for you,then it would stick out and be susceptible to transit damage.You might ask, why do they make such a point that it can fold?Clearly, that's so that they can ship it better and pre-assembled, and more safely-- and so, if unlike me, you want it to fold, then you are in luck, it does fold nicely.Bottom line -- it's gorgeous, I love it, I wish I had an excuse to buy another one.

This is a great solid wooden shelving unit. I bought 2 and stacked them. They are sturdy, attractive and hold a great deal of school books.

The product was packaged securely. Amazingly easy to assemble. With the help of my 5 year old son, using his own tools, I was able to assemble 2 of them in less than 20 min. In fact, I loved them so much I ordered another one. Really great product for the price.

NOTE (9/16/2012): I just received four Winsome natural folding bookcases of the three-tier version, and they have taken a nosedive in quality (now manufactured in Vietnam, not Malaysia, and not made of beechwood any more). If this now applies to the four-tier version of the shelf, this product is no longer of any quality whatsoever!...This bookcase is perfect for snug areas, and it's very stable given its dimensions (just over a foot wide x 1 foot deep), though acrobatic children could be a problem for it. The downside to the slim dimensions is that, unlike the stackable 3-tier shelves, these are not screw/groove-prepped for stacking multiple units and do not contain that hardware found in the 3-tiers, although the legs (sides) are properly grooved underneath and above to allow stacking. The height of each shelf will make stacking under a standard 8' ceiling impossible.The important downside to the narrow width is these bookcases will not fold up perfectly after they're put together. Unlike the wider 3-tier shelves, the two legs (sides) obviously have to fold over each other, so once the shelf support pegs are installed in both sides, the legs can no longer close flush to the back of the case. This can be problematic for moving, since you either risk scratching/bending from an imperfect fold, or must unscrew the four shelf support pegs from the right leg. If frequent moving will not be done, this drawback will be a non-issue.I have found that the left four pre-installed (screwed) shelf support pegs consistently do not match the pilot holes for the shelf support peg screws on the right side, resulting in shelf support pegs that have a 1/4" discrepancy between left and right sides. On removing the pre-installed shelf support pegs, I discovered there were holes piloted in the correct spot (hidden by the shelf support pegs) that were not used by the factory (1/4" higher than the actual screws were drilled). It seems the machining was off in this process, and as long as the left leg shelf support pegs are re-installed (unscrewed and rescrewed) into the correct pilot holes that are originally hidden, the shelves will balance on either side.All in all, this is an inventive design that suits its purpose very well (the top shelf is perfect height for placement of a table lamp), and given this is a fine looking tropical hardwood bookcase that will hold as heavy a row of books as you can fit on each shelf, there is absolutely no better shelf for the money these cost.

This unit was very easy to assemble and looks very nice. It is perfect for what we wanted to use it for.

I got this in the mail today, and was very excited to start putting it together. It comes 3/4 assembled, and all you have to do is attached on the top shelf, and the 3 pegs to securely catch the other shelf (4 pegs were already installed. 5 minutes and the pegs were done. However I battled with the dang top shelf for 30+ minutes before I said to heck with it and installed only one of the rotating mechanisms that allow it to be flipped up. I'm going to install an L- bracket instead on the other spot because no matter how I tried I could not manipulate the brackets and shelf together in the tight space. Winsome Wood kindly attached all the other ones for me, but not the top. Its not a big deal, and its not like I am ever planning on collapsing the bookshelf. Its the perfect size to put next to the dresser that I will be using as a changing table for my son, and with the baskets, it stashes all the diaper changing necessities that I don't want to have piled up in my line of sight but need easy access to. If I had been able to get that top shelf on without the l-bracket, I would have given this a 5 star rating. Its very sturdy and will last my son a long time. Now to anchor it to the wall so that its not used as a ladder...