First off, the instructions are not very clear on how the water activated glue dowels work. As someone who has never used them before, I googled how to do it, whether it was dipping or soaking. After seeing several articles saying don’t soak, I chose to dip them. My fingers are now blue. 🙄Then there was the installation of said dowels. When they’re wet and have glue that you know nothing about, you aren’t sure how it’s going to work. It was messy. Thankfully I had paper towels nearby to wipe away any blue glue water from the shelves. But the fun part begins when you try to get the dowels in the shelves and match them up. Yah, it didn’t go well. I used a book to hammer on so I didn’t damage the shelves. Guess what? It damaged the shelves. Two of the dowels went through the top because of the glue setting up and not going in properly. Then the holes aren’t aligned so one of the dowels is angled. So the entire thing is not set properly and it’s now damaged on top.Also, the shelves are very thin particle board material. They definitely won’t hold much weight. Luckily I can use it for papers only and have a backup plan for my binders.Overall, this has poor materials, poor construction, poor instructions. Do not waste your money on it!!! Oh, and someone in the department of putting stuff together must’ve set their drink down because they left me a nice little ring on the instructions. Seriously people, what happened to quality control?!?

I like the dimensions to fit reams of paper and the way it was so easy to assemble once I was sure which vertical wall fit in the middle and which way to turn it.The shelves will bend a little over time with the weight of the paper. I was thinking I might even cut out matching shape pieces when the time comes that I need to replace the shelves. Don't worry about that happening any time soon since my first purchase was 2 years ago and I only see a slight curve in the shelves on that one. I think this is a little overpriced but I do like the product.

I bought this to use in my classroom to organize papers and I'm very happy with it! It was easy to put together and does exactly what I need it too. If I wanted to, it would be easy to remove some of the shelves and the pegs holding them up to create more space.The frame is very sturdy, although I think the shelves themselves really aren't; they're made of thin particle board. I don't think they would hold something like hardcover books. But you could certainly remove some of the lower shelves and store books on the very bottom of the piece! Since I only need it to hold paper, I haven't had an issue with its sturdiness. As I said, the frame is solid, I don't feel worried that it will list or collapse.It's not very pretty, since it's designed to be functional, but I was able to decorate it with some patterned contact paper and I'm very happy with the result. It will make a nice piece for my classroom.

Moi c’était pour ranger des feuilles de scrapboking 12x12 et ce n’est pas les bonnes dimensions ! Mais je m’en sers pour les feuilles de bureau ou ranger différents papiers ! Merci je regarde pour me trouver un caisson de rangement plus grand ,

The quality of this product is not good at all. You can find for sure better quality at this price.

Built according to instructions, but the pins that hold it together broke through the particle board in numerous places. Very disappointing.

Absolutely horrible. Not worth the price at all and was a pain to put together. Very disappointed.

After seeing all the negative reviews I was afraid to purchase this shelf, and got another metal organizer instead. Having more stuff to organize, I eventually got this one too (the grey model), because I liked the fact that it had a flat top--to put more stuff of course!When I opened the package I was apprehensive, but none of my parts were broken, damaged, or missing, and everything was held tightly in place with Styrofoam. I put the thing together in under an hour while my husband got ready for work (and I'm a pretty slow worker on this sort of thing). The parts aren't labeled, but honestly it doesn't matter because there aren't very many parts and the pictures show where they go. No tools besides a tack hammer are necessary, and mine DID NOT crack or bubble during assembly (see below for construction tips).TIPS for those who are having trouble:Don't wet the dowels to activate the glue--they fit snug enough that this isn't necessary to hold the thing together, and allows you to take it apart if you screw up, if you need to pack up the thing to move to a new house...etc.For the top: Stick the dowels into the ends of the 3 boards that are sticking up (instead of pushing them into the top first--this might lead to the cracking others experienced). Another easy trick I did (just for the top, but I could have done it elsewhere) was to tap the dowels in before placing the top on. Tap them in until you hear that they touch the bottom of the drilled out space, or until they stick up less than the width of the top piece. The top pushes on nicely from there and..Ta Da...No bubbles!Make sure to look at the pieces to make sure you have all the finished edges facing the front....I got everything right except the bottom piece...Since I didn't use glue it was a simple fix, but I could have avoided that step if I'd paid more attention...Now, that being said, know what you are getting. This is a particle board organizer. It's plenty sturdy for that and works for the intended purpose of holding papers and some miscellaneous junk on top (a plant for instance) just fine, but it is not high quality material. Nothing compares to real wood, but--and take this from someone who owns a sawmill--real wood is expensive. Even for something as simple as this you have to measure, cut, plain and sand the boards, and then finish them. The product will turn out beautiful and much higher quality, but it will take a little time and more money, even if you do the work yourself. So if you are looking for a piece of furniture that will look fancy and be passed down for generations, spend more money and hire a carpenter or buy a more expensive model. If you want something cheap and quick that looks and works decent, then this is it.P.S. I got this in the grey, which is fine but kind of plain, so I let the kids stencil, paint, and bejewel the sides--it's for their papers anyway!Update: 5 years later and still going strong--daily use and no damage yet. It's actually a pretty sturdy little unit. I'm thinking of buying another to hold more paper options. I'm so glad I went with this instead of one of the cardboard models!