John Louis Home JLH-625 Standard Stand Alone Tower, Red Mahogany

Originally I was going to get the 16" organizer for our closets, but came across the Solid Wood Closets ones, those are much nicer and more solid looking, so I bought 2 Solid Wood Closets organizers. But I still needed a 12" tower to use as shoe rack for my wife and Solid Wood Closets does not make a standalone 12" tower so I just ordered the John Louis 12" together with 4 sets of adjustable shelves. The finish of the John Louis is not bad, but nowhere close to how nice the Solid Wood Closets look, the fit is kind of bad and I had to force a few shelves in and the wood chipped very easily. The slotted shelves are really not good for shoes since dirt will fall into shoes below so I lined every shelf with drawer liners. But for a 9 shelves wood shoe rack for around 300.00 dollars, not bad.Going back to the Solid Wood Closets, if you are looking for closet organizer, the quality and appearance are amazing for the price.

After reading the other reviews I was a but skeptical, but went ahead and ordered two of these plus extra shelves (sold separately, as stated!) as companion pieces to the John Lewis 12" wide closet organizer systems I purchased.Really glad I did! Assembled and installed fairly easily. I also got two of the wire baskets, one to hang off the bottom of the tower and one installed inside the unit on the bottom in place of a hard to reach lower shelf. Function is wonderful and I think the whole unit is really attractive when completed.It took us about a day and a half to install all the components we purchased, but we also had to do a good bit of modification to make the units fit an "L" shaped closet and fit into corners. Well worth the several thousand dollar savings we achieved by doing it ourselves instead of using the finish carpenter's bid! I've added a couple of photos to give you an idea even though I still need to install the tie rack and hang a couple shelves on "his" side.Overall, really pleased with the results, even though I did find the instructions to be a bit frustrating at times. Should be no barrier to most DYIers.

I really like the John Louis products and have used them in our master closet. We purchased these towers to add more storage for shoes and had no idea that it didn't come with shelves. This information is hidden in the product description and really should be part of the bulleted Product Features list. Though I am at fault for not reading carefully enough I think that for the amount that we paid for these, they should come with SOME shelves.

These racks are great for shoes and sweaters. I put two in my closet for shoes and they work great. Good airflow and compact size. I have read other reviews that talk about cheap quality. For the price. I quoted custom cabinets for $3000 to do the same thing, so I am quite happy. I don't plan on hanging from these and they work well to hold shoes and stuff.A few items came defective from the manufacturer and I sent them back with no issues through Amazon - Amazon is the way to go!

Really deceiving that it shows this item with 6 shelves. Came in the box with only the two sides, no hardware, for that price I would expect the hardware. I sent it back. All of the John Louis products comes with a small amount of brackets & arms. Had to order extra of these items and cost over $120 for hardware. Come on!The system looks great & does the job for us, but a little more info in the description, would make customers more aware of what they really are getting. Better to over whelm than under perform, don't ya think?

Good, quality product. However, to sell it without the shelves is not only ridiculous, it is more than a little misleading.Then to charge the equivalent of the the original shelving unit, for the shelves themselves was another slap in the face.

I can't rave about this shelving system enough, it's just beautiful and well made and adds a little something to the whole room. It wasn't very hard to put together but it does require precise measuring as it's attached to the wall. I also had to buy two extra shelves for it, but I didn't mind because I'm just so happy with it overall.

This stuff looks better than the actual quality. The wood itself is extremely soft, be ready to use the markers to hide the scuffs while putting it together.