I've been needing a full length mirror for the longest time, and after doing a lot of research, I realized that buying a full length stand-alone mirror almost cost the same as this bookcase which is a LOT more practical. You have the mirror AND storage. All of my friends have seen it and think it's a really nifty piece that I bought. They did take their sweet time with the delivery (but to be fair it does say it'll take 1-6 wks), it came in one piece, the delivery guy was sweet enough to help us move into the bedroom and unpack it and put it in place (which actually they're not required to do). It came in one piece, there were a literally two "scratches" (for lack of a better word), but they were on the inside of the shelf so we didn't bother too much with it, either way we're stuffing those shelves with books. It is a bit wobbly on carpet, but we put so many heavy books on the bottom shelves that we're not worried at all about it tipping over or anything (then again we don't have any kids).To sum this up, I think this is an excellent buy and I definitely recommend it to anyone!