This rack is slightly smaller than I thought it would be (my fault, since I didn't really look at the measurements). Overall, this was really easy to put together. I had help from my husband, but you might be able to put this together by yourself if you're really handy. I was able to fit my crockpot and breadmaker on the bottom shelves, but I'm not sure I would put anything suuuuuper heavy on the top shelves. Right now, I've got my cookbooks on one of the top shelves, and some plants on the otheSee full review