Sauder Miscellaneous Storage 5-Shelf Bookcase/ Book shelf,
$224.99
Product Overview
This 5-shelf bookcase from the Sauder Select collection delivers a practical and stylish storage solution designed to organize and display your belongings across multiple rooms. Finished in a warm and inviting Select Cherry finish, this versatile shelf unit blends seamlessly with various interior styles—whether you’re updating a living space, home office, or craft room. With three adjustable shelves included among its five total levels, it offers flexible storage options that adapt to your needs, accommodating everything from tall books and binders to smaller decorative items like action figures, candles, or bins.
Ideal for homes seeking both functionality and aesthetic appeal, this bookcase stands out not just for its generous capacity but also for its thoughtful design. The inclusion of adjustable shelving means you can customize the spacing depending on what you’re storing—wider gaps for coffee table books or tighter sections for delicate collectibles. Whether used as a standalone piece or paired with other matching furniture from the Sauder Select line, this bookcase provides reliable organization without compromising on style.
Key Features
- Five total shelves—including three fully adjustable ones—allow you to tailor the interior layout to suit items of varying heights and widths, from thick textbooks to compact trinkets.
- Select Cherry finish offers rich, warm tones that complement a wide range of décor schemes, adding sophistication to any room without being overly bold or flashy.
- Multi-room versatility—suitable for use in living rooms, bedrooms, offices, craft spaces, or even bathrooms where additional shelving is needed.
- Clear assembly guidance—customers frequently note that the provided drawings help clarify setup steps and reduce confusion during construction.
- Generous storage capacity—reviewers consistently highlight its ability to hold substantial amounts of content, making it a dependable choice for everyday organization tasks.
Technical Specifications
- Number of shelves: 5
- Adjustable shelves: 3
- Finish: Select Cherry
- Collection: Sauder Select
Benefits & Use Cases
This bookcase excels in environments where both form and function are important. In the living room, it can neatly organize novels, magazines, photo albums, and decorative accents such as candles or small vases—keeping essentials within reach while enhancing visual appeal. For home offices, the spacious shelves provide secure storage for binders, notebooks, reference materials, and even personal desk supplies, helping maintain a clutter-free workspace.
Crafters will appreciate the extra surface area for organizing tools, art supplies, or showcasing completed projects. Even small spaces like powder rooms benefit from its vertical storage capability, maximizing limited floor space without sacrificing style. Thanks to the three adjustable shelves, users have the flexibility to reconfigure the interior layout as needed—creating wider openings for large books or narrower sections for framed photos or collectible figurines.
The neutral yet elegant cherry finish ensures this bookcase integrates smoothly into diverse home settings, whether your decor leans modern, traditional, or somewhere in between. Its clean lines and understated elegance make it a timeless addition to any room.
Assembly & Practical Considerations
Many customers find the assembly process straightforward, especially with the aid of the detailed illustrations included in the instructions. These visual guides are often praised for helping clarify complex steps and ensuring proper alignment during setup. However, some users have noted that minor adjustments may be necessary if the base isn’t perfectly level, which could affect overall stability. It’s recommended to place the bookcase on a flat, stable surface and follow all hardware installation guidelines carefully.
While most buyers report satisfaction with the product’s performance and appearance, feedback indicates variability in opinions regarding long-term durability, sturdiness under heavy loads, and ease of assembly depending on individual experience. Some mention that certain parts may feel slightly lightweight or less robust than expected, particularly when fully loaded. Nonetheless, for general household use—such as holding standard-sized books and common household items—it performs reliably.
Important Notes
While many customers find the bookcase well-designed and highly functional for its intended purpose, feedback indicates variability in opinions regarding build quality, ease of assembly, value for money, stability, and overall weight. Some users report minor concerns during construction or long-term durability depending on usage intensity. It is recommended to follow provided assembly guidelines carefully and ensure the surface beneath the unit is level for optimal stability. This product is intended for indoor use only.
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dmh59 –
Very nice quality for the price
I am very impressed with the quality of the book shelf. Although it’s not real wood, it certainly gives the appearance of an expensive piece of furniture. An item similar would cost at least two to three times more if bought at a furniture or office supply store. From the time I started unboxing it, it took me a little over an hour to assemble, but it was quite easy with the step-by-step instructions that were very clear. The item arrived in perfect condition with not a single scratch. I chose the Select Cherry finish, and it’s a little darker than I expected but very rich looking. I couldn’t be happier with this purchase, and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a nice bookcase that will complement any room.
Minge –
Good and sturdy bookcase for a good price
After reading some reviews of this Sauder unit I was a little leary but then I read reviews of other shelves that were comparible in price. I came right back to this one. I decided to order it and It arrived earlier than I was expecting. The box looked a little worn and I was worried about what the boards looked like. But surprisingly, the way they packaged it was pretty safe. None of the wood was scratched or ruined in any way.Some reviews said that you will need a large space to put it together so I put it together in my family room, even though the shelving unit was to go into a bedroom. I found after putting it all together, that I could have put it together in the bedroom it was intended for. I followed the instructions to a “t” and it was pretty simple. The one thing that I followed from a different review was to put some of the stirofoam (sorry I don’t know how to spell that) under shelf “G” after unit has been turned over. This shelf will not touch the floor because the moulding on the top juts out farther than the rest. So, putting some of the foam under shelf “G” helps to keep the unit from splitting in half when gently hammering nails, connecting the backboard to the back of the shelving unit.The one thing that I may have done a little differently than the instructions is when you are fitting the two lower sides and the bottom of the unit together. I probably would have attached the two lower sides marked “D” and “C” and not put the bottom (“F). There is a “skirt” that is not marked but is considered “O” that attaches to shelf “G”. Because I had put the bottom on already, as per the instructions, I had to almost blindly put the angled brackets and screws in to hold that skirt onto shelf “G”. But it worked out anyway. Obviously, it can be done either way. Whether you put the bottom on first as it tells you to do or you work on the skirt “O” before putting the base of the unit on. If you choose to put the skirt on first, you just have to make sure that the 2 sides are straight so that you know where to center the skirt “O”. You’ll see what I’m saying when you read the instructions.Some people had issues with it splitting in half when turning it over. I did not have that problem. You just have to be careful as the back is not on and keeping it sturdier.Anyway, I put it together as per the instructions. No parts or screws or brackets were missing. This was easy to assemble and it is standing in the bedroom without being secured to the wall and is standing strong and holding everything that I put on each shelf.It’s a bit deeper of a cherry wood color than the picture shows but I love it! It’s gorgeous! For the cheaper price, I think it is a wonder set of shelves. Obviously, something more expensive with thicker backing would be sturdier. But this is sturdy enough for me and the use that it has been intended for, and not overly heavy. It’s plenty tall and wider than the others I looked at, which is what attracted me to this unit in the first place and is better for me in the long run.I do recommend this bookcase to anybody. I really like it. Good job Sauder company! Thank you Amazon for another good buy!
Knoxpatch Norm –
Gorgeous Finish on Particle Board
I bought and assembled three of theseshelf units. In my home office, they arevery useful and look really nice. I gotthe cherry finish, and it is justgorgeous, prettiest furniture finish Iever saw.From 15 feet away, one of the shelf unitslooks nice enough for nearly any office orliving room. But since the unit isdesigned to be assembled by the customer,up close it does not look quite as nice ashigh quality traditional furniture making.While the unit seems designed well enoughfor its intend purpose and usage, due tothe particle board, the unit does not lookas rugged as, say, some units I have insolid oak from about 100 years ago.There is an instruction book thatdocuments how to assemble the unit in 14steps. The ‘technical writing’ is verygood.Along with the particle board pieces,there are some small pieces, nearly allmetal. All these small pieces come in aplastic bag. Suggestion: Get 12 littlebowls and sort each piece type into itsown bowl.Some of the details of how the shelves areassembled are innovative. Mostly theshelves are held together with some ‘pins’and ‘cams’.For joining two pieces of the particleboard, say, X and Y, piece X has a holefor a pin and piece Y has a correspodinghole for the other end of the same pinand, at the end of that hole, a hole inthe surface for a cam. Then when pieces Xand Y are joined, one end of the pin willbe in the hole in piece X and the otherend in the hole and cam of piece Y.The pin is a little complicated: The endthat goes into the cam has a grove thatfits into the side of the cam and getspulled on as the cam is turned. The otherend has some tough, black plastic. Whenthe cam is turned, the pin tries to slideout of the black plastic, and the blackplastic expands and makes the pin tight inthe hole in piece X.Suggestion: Put the pin in the hole inpiece X and then move piece Y to slide itshole over its end of the pin.If the pin is in piece Y first, then asmove pieces X and Y into position and getthe pin in its hole in piece X, theplastic can be damaged and have its end ofthe pin no longer fit in the hole in pieceX. When this happened to me, I just useda knife to trim a little of the blackplastic. But, still, I suggest, put thepin in the hole in piece X first, makingthe black plastic safe, and then movepiece Y in position. The end of the pinwith the plastic is delicate; the otherend is not.Mostly the unit is to be assembled on afloor, on its back. You may want somegood knee pads — not a joke.Okay, there is a risk of damaging the unitand, thus, have to be careful. In detail,there are 6 shelves, three are adjustable.For the other three, there is the top, thebottom, and one between those two.The top and the bottom have decorativepieces. Then to attach the back, flip theunit on its front and have the back up.The two decorative pieces will then be incontact with the floor, and due to thesedecorative pieces, the ‘between’ shelfwill NOT be in contact with the floor andwill be about 2 inches from the floor.THEN: Do NOT lean on the shelf unit!! Iflean very hard, say, using the unit tohelp stand, can have a pin be pulled outof its hole bringing much of particleboard surface of its hole along with it.Solution: Get two thick books, say, 1000pages each, and put one at each end of the’between’ shelf and between that shelf andthe floor. Then can lean on the unitwithout damaging it.The back is thin, made of two pieces, andget attached with 3/4 inch long nails.Budget the use of the nails or might runout. I wanted more nails. The nails thatcome with the unit are good, and wouldhave to look carefully to find extras justas good.In attaching the back pieces, should gettheir position accurate within about 1/16of an inch everywhere. With lessaccuracy, might have some of the backextend beyond the unit. Also each of thenails has to go into the edge of a pieceof particle board, hopefully into thecenter of that edge. Else the nail canprotrud from and damage the surface of theboard. Also want each nail not too closeto the edge of the back. Such alignmentneeds the 1/16″ accuracy.One piece of the back, the ‘upper’ piece,covers from the ‘between’ board to the topboard. This piece attaches first. Theother piece, the ‘lower’ piece, coversfrom the ‘between’ board to the bottomboard and overlaps the upper piece wherethe upper piece already covers the edge ofthe ‘between’ board.Then, of course, the part of the unitwhere the upper piece attaches mayslightly fail to be a rectangle. So, getthe upper piece very carefully positionedso that its lower edge just covers theedge of the ‘between’ board and nail thepiece to the ‘between’ board. Then ‘skew’the upper part of the unit so that it isaccurately a rectangle, put a nail in eachof the two upper corners of the upperpiece to hold the alignment achieved, andthen put in the rest of the nails in theupper piece. That is, to get the upperpiece attached within 1/16″, expect tohave to use some ‘skew’.Similarly for the lower piece.There is a chance that, at the edge of the’between’ board, a nail for the lowerpiece could hit a nail for the upperpiece. So, after nailing the upper pieceto the edge of the ‘between’ board, foreach of those nails mark on the upperpiece a little above the ‘between’ boardwhere the nail is so that when nailing thelower piece can avoid each nail already inthe upper piece.When nailing the lower piece to the upperpiece and into the edge of the ‘between’board, for each nail need some way to knowwhere to start the nail to have it enterthe center of the edge of the ‘between’board. At the ends of the ‘between’board, it is easy to locate nailscorrectly. So put a nail at each end andhave a loop of kite string from one of thenails to the other and then to a hangingweight to make the string tight andstraight. Then put the rest of the nailsin the bottom piece between the two piecesof string. Or use a chalk line or draw aline using a yard stick as a straightedge.The ‘between’ board gets a piece of edgetrim. It is to be attached with rightangle brackets. Each bracket gets twosmall screws. The instructions say thatthis piece of edge trim should be attachedwhen the unit is on its back on the floor.With the unit in this position, the littlescrews are very awkward to install, wouldbe easier for someone the size of akitten. An easy solution is to lift theunit to the vertical with the top down.Then the screws are easy to install.There are several screws. They all need a#2 Phillips head screwdriver.For installing the nails, finally Idecided to use two extra tools, a pair ofneedle nose pliers and a strongflashlight. Then for each nail, hold itjust under its head in the tip of thepliers. Use the flashlight to remove allshadows from the desired location of thenail. Then position the tip of the nailcarefully, make the nail vertical, give atap or two with the hammer, move thepliers out of the way, and finish drivingin the nail. The unit comes with a littleplastic gauge for such positioning, butwhen I squeezed a nail, it would jump outof the plastic and land a foot or twoaway.
EliYahu –
You get a lot for a little.
I paid just over $120 inc. tax for my Cherry wood, colored bookshelf, and it took me about 1 and a half hours to assemble it by myself. If seems sturdy enough and once assembled stood up by itself, there was no perceivable oddities about it, seem like a very nice bookshelf for the cost. I placed it in my bedroom to free up space of things that I had lying on the floor and other misc. things that I wanted to organize. It will serve its purpose for what I bought it for, and can see it lasting many years, if I keep it in its spot. Once it is assembled and placed though, I do not recommend moving it all of the time and rearranging with it, even though it is sturdy, first assembled, the quality does not scream move me around all of the time whenever you feel like it, and it would probably lose structural integrity if you move it around often. It’s nice and sturdy, but not sturdy enough to be moved around all of the time, I hope that makes sense.
AS –
Luce muy bien, solo no se fija mucho.
Kaytee –
Great, sturdy, beautiful. I’m planning on replacing the other 2 old Ikea bookshelves with this model (I know, I know, but Krevbäck bookshelves where the most amazing bookshelves Ikea ever made, they even lasted 8 moving sessions. Of course they discontinued them!).If you are hesitating buying those, here’s what’s up with them: Yeah, they might have minor scratches, it happens, mine had none I easily noticed. Read the …. manual. It says not to tighten the screws too much for the upper part, because if you do, you will go through the wood and it doesn’t look great (It’s still not that noticeable, I got lucky). It’s very heavy. Unless you’re strong (you can always move it sideways and wiggle it like I did), get someone to help put in into position once you’re done assembling it. It offers way more space than I originally thought it would. My Krevbäck a pretty wide, these aren’t much wider, yet I could fit way more books per shelves. Amazing!It’s better quality than most you’ll see in stores and cheaper.
Michele Gauthier –
The instructions to build the shelf unit were the best I have ever seen. They were very clear. Great job!The shelf unit is beautiful and well made. I would highly recommend this product and I would buy it again in a heartbeat!
J JACOME –
El mueble es buenoâ¦. Su armado requiere habilidades y ayuda.Trajo dos detalles en las molduras seguramente provocadas por el mal manejo del paquete
K.S. –
Good enough book case for the price I paid. Easy to assemble, looks good, well constructed. Currently at $300 which is too much. Good buy at $200. Be sure to square the top half to the bottom half before nailing on the back. Easy assembly for anyone with any woodworking experience.