Though it is a cheaper folding shelf; you certainly pay for what you get here!This shelf cannot withstand any kind of weight! I had placed two candlesticks and a pic frame on the first shelf about 7 paperbacks on the 2nd shelf and pic frame and 4 paperbacks on the 3rd shelf and 4 textbooks on the bottom shelf-it could not withstand this weight.The whole thing is basically coming apart and I am going to have to take it apart completely bc it was assembled incorrectly by the manufacture. By a more expensive one and save yourself the time.