Mission Folding Bookcase - Natural

I like this bookcase.. good quality for the price. I especially like how it requires no assembly.

For the money in a folding bookcase, it is a good buy provided you are ready to do a little work on the bookcase.

I bought two of these. To my surprise, even though it was Christmas season and delivery demand must have been significant, they came in just a few days. The boxes were beat up so I was worried that they might be damaged. They were not damaged by the delivery.

They were damaged in that their assembly was faulty, seriously faulty. Almost all of the mating parts were out of alignment. One of the vertical structural elements had a sizable crack but the crack did not go through to the opposite side, the external side.

After thinking about what to do for a while, I decided to call Target the seller of the items. The response there was that Amazon was where I needed to go. Been there and done that... I knew it was pack them up again and return them or take the risk and fix them myself. After diddling around about it for a day, I decided to fix them myself. It wasn't difficult, just risky and time consuming. Risky, because if I goofed they weren't going to be returnable. Time consuming because it was mostly twiddly-fiddly work that took a few minutes for each match of components.

They have worked out ok. I am happy with them after my fixes. But of course, nobody should have to fix the bookcases in the first place.

We live in a mobile home, and this is fantastic - in use it is VERY sturdy, and when you need to put it away, it folds up for easy storage. We run a book business out of our home and we have 6 of these. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

When I ordered this item, there was no information on the distances between the shelves. When I set it up in my office and attempted to put music on it, the shelves were too close together to put anything that was much taller than letter size paper. I wish I had known this when I purchased it. Otherwise, the product is good.

I've had this bookshelf for about five years, and it's great! It's sturdy, holds tons of books, has shelves tall enough for binders too, and has stood the test of time. Plus, when we moved, it was so easy to transport. Strongly recommended!