I was really happy with this purchase! It looks exactly like the photo. It’s super heavy and real bamboo. It was an investment, but I really do believe that it will last for years.

Beautiful shelf and it really is solid bamboo. However, one of the two packaging for does not have any padding on the sides. All of the shelves got dented to the point of cracking as seen in the photos from that one box. They should fix that packaging. I would guess that every box is the same, dented in one side. I saw the same issue on other reviewers, thought I would be luckier, but nope, same issue with the packaging.

EDIT: Kudos to the Wayfair customer service team. They were helpful and reasonable(!) both times that I called, expressing my concern that a high price tag item was arriving damaged. They worked with me to resolve the issue, and I appreciate their help. This is a beautiful piece of furniture, and we recently purchased a second to compliment another bought several years ago. Unfortunately, this time we've had issues with the furniture arriving damaged. This seems to have happened for others too. For us, it was due to faulty packaging. The first time the box with the shelves ripped through the box on both sides (plastic strap had been removed, seemingly during quality checks), resulting in extensive damage to the corners. To Wayfair's credit, they immediately took it back and replaced the item! But the second time, there was still damage to the shelves for the same reason.

Overall I really like this bookshelf, perfect addition to my home office. Pros it’s beautiful, unique, holds a lot, and feels very sturdy. Cons it’s heavy, was difficult to put together by myself, and I’d be reluctant to have it with a kid around unless I secured it to the wall (as they recommend anyway). It arrived with a few chipsscratchesdings which is a bit of a bummer considering the price tag, but I still give it 5 stars.

Great construction! Solid wood and sturdy. Very easy to assemble.