unfinished bookcase

perfect small bookcase, easy to assemble, easy to finish or paint. very happy to have found at home depot

I love the quality and price. I also like that I can stain it to the color that I want. I've purchased several International Concepts items and have always been very pleased at the quality. The sections are butcher block and not one individual piece. But that makes it an affordable solid wood option. I couldn't get other options for the price that this one is. The wood also takes a stain very well. I stain mine a darker color. I don't hardly notice the butcher block in the pieces. I'm going to be getting more of these as I can. Also the packaging is great. I've gotten some where the outer box looks terrible but the pieces inside are still perfect and undamaged.

Nice solid heavy bookcase. Easy assembly. Looks great for my granddaughters books.

Doesn’t Assemble Properly

Spent multiple days painting this unfinished bookcase only for it to be impossible to assemble because of how badly it was constructed. The wooden pegs on the bottom piece did not line up with the sides at all and had to force them together just for the back panel to be unable to slide in because the wood was not cut down enough to allow space for it. So much time, energy, and supplies wasted because of the bad craftsmanship of this product. I am extremely disappointed.

Disappointed by Espresso color

I bought the espresso color to match my existing furniture, which is a medium dark walnut brown. Based on most of the review photos, I thought it would be a good match. I knew it might be a bit of a darker brown, based on other reviews, and I was okay with that. However, there are reddish undertones to the brown, which I don't like. I haven't yet assembled the bookcase, and I am mulling the idea of returning it.

Solid and looks good; but frustrating

Primary elements of the bookcase are solid and go together with relative ease. The sliding of the backing into the bookcase is clever and effective. The few premarked holes, however, do not line up with the middle shelf and the prepared holes in the two back support bars would split the wood on the bookcase if used. In the end, I just abandoned the two back bars. The really problem with the bookcase is that it needs to be four inches higher if you want four shelves for hardbacks. Based on the location of the fixed middle shelf, you have to set your adjustable shelves at the highest of the three prepared holes for the supports of those shelves. This allows you to use the second and fourth shelves for hardbacks. The third shelf, however, creates an area too small for standard hardbacks and many paperbacks. The first shelf can accommodate hardback books — sort of. The ornamental overhang from the top makes the height too small and the only way to get a hardback onto the shelf is sliding it in at an angle. This means that you cannot use the full length for hardbacks, as you will need to pull out some books in order to get out any hardbacks on the first shelf. Less

Not really made with books in mind.

This is a good shelf that would work for most people, but I intended to fill it with books. The shelf heights are a little awkward. I wanted to put taller books (about 11-12" on the bottom shelf and paperbacks on the upper two shelves. There's really not room. The few inches under the shelf shouldn't be wasted. Anyway I am stuck with this shelf deciding which books to put on it as it doesn't fulfill my original intended purpose. Actually make a shelf with book dimensions in mind.

Great piece of assemble it yourself furniture. Very solid...

Great piece of assemble it yourself furniture. Very solid construction and I actually like that it's unfinished so I can make it the color I want. Assembly was very straightforward, but hey, it's a bookcase!

Bought the 60 in. writing desk 1 year ago and...

Bought the 60 in. writing desk 1 year ago and it turned out excellent. This 36 in. bookcase on the other hand, not so good. The main problem was glue smear on exposed surfaces. Didn't notice the problem until staining. Was able to go back and restain with some careful work so it's not very noticeable and is acceptable to me. This problem may really upset some people off so carefully inspect all visible surfaces before proceeding.

Really nice solid wood because. Was relatively easy to...

Really nice solid wood because. Was relatively easy to put together. I haven't painted or stained it yet, but seems to be very nice. I really like that it has 2 pieces of wood on the back panel to hold that back piece in better. My only problem was getting the back piece to sit in its groove like it should but not a big deal.