We were pleasantly surprised that a large piece of furniture like which has an wood printed overlay on it could look fairly real. I was dubious when putting the piece together, because you can see the reclaimed wood pattern imprinted on each board and it looked obviously fake. However, when standing upright, and when you've assembled your items on it, it really has the look of reclaimed wood. If someone walks up and touches it, they know it's a fake stamped on pattern, but otherwise, in our room, it just looks great. I'm rating this as "good" because of the print of the reclaimed wood (it could be done better), but this is a sturdy and large bookcase that really gave our living room a nice area to decorate in a large open wall space. The quality is that of many office desks which are pressed wood with an adhesive veneer that you find by many other manufacturers.