I love the way this shoe storage bench looks. It’s a nice, big size that takes up the perfect amount of empty space next to my front door. Pros looks good, seems sturdy. Cons the spaces for shoes are barely big enough to store a pair of shoes. One slot will perfectly hold a pair of children’s shoes or women’s sneakers or flats. My husband can put only one of his shoes in one slot. Forget about boots of any kind- there won’t be any space for that kind of footwear. . I’m not even sure why they show what appears to be textbooks in the shoe slots- it wouldn’t even be wide enough for a book like that. The pictures are deceiving.