This bookshelf smells terrible and we had to take it out of my son's room immediately. The smell is so bad that we put it outside for two weeks as recommended by some of the Amazon reviewers. It seemed that the smell was getting better so we left it in the laundry room for another two weeks to be sure but unfortunately it still smells. It looks very cute in the picture and looked amazing in my son's room so it seemed worth waiting it out but now I have missed the return window and am stuck with it.Normally I would have just quickly returned an item with this issue but I spent so much time trying to find just the right book shelf for my son that this is the biggest disappointment of any purchase I have made in years. My son is disappointed as well. I would not recommend it unless you want your child to inhale what I guess are paint/wood treatment fumes.