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(More customer reviews)I just finished assembling 10 of these bookshelves for my new library. The shelves are a bit darker than the picture indicates; they are pretty dark, which I actually liked. The top of the bookcase once assembled is quite beautifully finished and looks great. Can't really beat the value here for the price. I'm sure you have shopped around and seen much higher prices on similar items. In actuality, this bookcase is mostly made of particle board. Only the top is real wood. The only real issue is that some of the shelves that go into the case are quite loose and I had one collapse on me. I had to load it with lighter books. The other shelves are ok; perhaps this was just a weird one.
Assembly: pretty easy and straightforward. After all these are just bookcases. There is the inherent problem of trying to screw things into particle board and having the wood flake - that happened a couple of times. Most of the holes seem propertly drilled and line up properly. There are definitely some tricks on getting these assembled properly. Insert the lock cams with the gap that the screw goes in FACING the hole. That makes things much easier. The trickiest part is putting on the bottom, where you have to align quite a few holes and get it right. If the cams are in proper position to accept the screw heads you should not have any issues. The holes drilled for the shelf supports were way too small. Could not put the support pegs in with fingers; had to pound in with a hammer. Be careful as this again is particle board and it is brittle. Also they only give you EXACTLY the right amount of dowels, screws and cams. Don't be careless when you open the plastic bags and let them drop. I lost one cam in the room and spent a long time looking for it, as there are no extras and you really do need them all. They do supply extra screws for the back panel as they are very small screws, but you could probably replace them quite easily if lost. Over all I am quite satisfied with these bookcases. They do not look like they are the "real" wood expensive sort but very close. The only real issue I had is the one loose shelf.
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