This is a very solid and nice looking piece of furniture. After assembly, you're going to love the way it looks and it is SO sturdy.
You must know, however, that the instructions are not terrible in that they are hard to understand, they are terribly incorrect. If you insist on studying and studying them, you'll eventually build it incorrectly although you will know because it won't go together correctly. You really have to figure out which pieces are going to end up where and assemble them in the way that makes sense. The instructions for the drawer slides are almost backwards, but if you have installed drawer slides before it's actually really hard to get it wrong.
Do not buy this if you have never assembled furniture before. You really have to be willing to ignore portions of the instructions and trust your own ability.
I gave this 4 stars because the value (unbeatable price) and quality construction are so excellent. I would give it a 2 because of how bad the instructions are, but this SERIOUSLY needs to be considered if you are comfortable with furniture assembly. You will not find a nicer piece of furniture for this price.
As a final note, when installing the drawers onto the piece of furniture, you have to push pretty hard to get the drawer slides to engage. It felt a little wrong at first, but they go on as you think they would and the actual sliding mechanism is average.
Summary: FANTASTIC piece of furniture, but you have to be willing to improvise during assembly.