I purchased the 3-shelf size, 36" H X 48" wide. It holds my entire cookbook collection and does double duty as a divider between the foyer and kitchen/dining area. Beautiful, heavy wood in the mission style. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the backing. I wish furniture manufacturers would stop to consider that not every piece of furniture is going to be put against a wall, so it would be nice to have a decent backing. The back of this bookcase is some sort of shiny, vinyl covered panel and the color is awful. Maybe it was meant to be faux marble, but they missed by a mile. It simply looks like someone threw dirt on it then watered it!

I could not give this shelf 5 stars only because the holes for the shelf brackets were way too small for the bracket. I had to take the time to drill 24 holes in order to make this work. Had to figure out how big a drill bit I needed and then I started to wonder how anyone would be able to do this if they didn't have a drill! Pretty annoying - especially for the price I paid. Maybe it should be only 3 stars for that but the shelf itself is perfect and exactly what I wanted.

Well-made bookcases (I bought 2 - 48”x 48”). I gave it just 4 stars because of the unfinished heavy fiberboard back. I will have to drill a hole through the back in order to anchor it to a wall stud—the wall anchor that came with it requires it to sit 1” from wall. Will add pic.

Perfect to keep all my cookbooks organized and handy. Made well, nice wood. Ample size

Overpriced. And the overall quality of the material and the "craftsmanship" is terrible.