I totally understand that there are many shades of white, but when it comes to white furniture, I thought this would be WHITE, not cream. I have it in my grandsons' room with other white bookcases, and it totally stands out as off-white. Looks dirty when next to other white pieces of furniture that were built from pressboard like this one. If it were the only piece of furniture in the room or in my livingroom, let's say, the off-white color would not bother me. But it looks bad next to other white pieces of furniture.