I have these tucked in the closet of my daughters' room for added storage and one in my home office to store paper. They are perfect. If I had a modern or industrial style decor in the house, I would have no hesitation putting them out because they look nice. They are insanely easy to assemble (just use two people and do it a "bar at the time" so you get everything stable before moving on. I had help on the first assembly and it is perfect. It was so easy my "helper" and i separated for the second one and partially assembled it with one person -- it has a slight wobble that the first one did not have at all. I am confident it was our error in assembling it that way rather than a problem with the product if properly assembled. My one criticism is the packaging is out of control -- it took twice as long to cut through all of the packing tape and cardboard than it did to assemble the whole shelf, both times, and that is not an exaggeration. I wouldn't expect a Faberge egg to be that securely packed, let alone a METAL shelf. I bought two, and I'm in the process of buying a third now. I definitely recommend this item.
