This console could be beautiful but prepare to do a lot of DIY activities to make it fit together correctly. Not what I expected for tihs amounf of money. I consider myself very good at putting things together, everything from bedroom sets, desks, grills, shelves, etc. but this was ridiculous. The instructions are a joke and none of the pieces are labeled. The flimsy dowels that are supposed to hold the shelves together are all mismatched sizes, so not only do the pre drilled holes not line up, there are not the correct sizes of each needed. Basically, you use the dowels to attempt to hold the pieces together like a big puzzle then there are 8 small metal brackets to screw into the outer edges to hold it all together. the center shelves are really held in by the flimsy dowels and however much pressure you can put on the outer frame with an allen wrench. We are still struggling to work through the various gaps between all pieces.
We would have shipped it back after the first several attempts but as a note if you are still thinking about ordering this, this unit is extremely heavy. It was over 130lbs, so to ship back would have been quite a dent in the price and I simply refuse to lose that much money over this item. We will be going to the harware store for some sturdier dowels and brackets to put this unit together and just keep it.
I agree with the other user, it is very attractive and after a few more hours of doing what the manufactured failed to do and making it more solidly put together we will have a functional console for our Flat screen.
Another quick note, scratches very easily and some of the edges are already showing wear just from where we spent time sliding them on the carpet in our various set-up attempts.