Needed a shelf for my bathroom, and I can say with confidence that it is certainly a shelf.The assembly was quick enough, but would have been quicker if there were pre-drilled holes in the wood, or at least places marked on the wood where you could line it up. At least it's made out of an incredibly soft wood so you won't have any trouble at all just screwing straight into it.By the way, by soft, I mean it's balsa wood. You know, that wood that they use for model making hobbies and children's scSee full review