It's a manufactured wood/veneer product fastened with cam locks and dowels. It's not fine furniture, so, you get what you pay for. Use some wood glue on the dowels and it'll be sturdy enough if you don't plan on moving it around. It actually looks quite good and is nicely functional as it sits in my office. I'd even buy another one if I needed to. The instructions are OK, too. You could do worse. You could do better, but you'd pay a lot more for better.