I was expecting particle board but it is made of MDF. A lot of times the prefab stuff the holes don't line up. You have missing pieces. And it just isn't good quality. This piece is nice. There was a bag of extra parts. All the holes were great. The instructions said it would go together better with 2 people which is probably true but I just had myself and did just fine. If I could give any negatives this unit uses dowels which are loose so they kept falling out. What I did was put toothpicks in with dowels so they were tight in the hole. My other complaint would be that the instructions relied a lot on pictures which is fine but only if they are good pictures. But I was still able to get it together. I did put some different knobs on. They just have some plain white wood knobs. It won't hold a lot of stuff. Just small items. But it is real cute.