nice looking blanket box very pretty addition to my living room. however the base of the box is not very durable as the base consists of a thin piece of cardboard like wood. you would think that the base would be made of a thicker plank of wood to hold whats in inside. i concluded that the box is not meant to be picked up with contents inside. maybe just to be used as a stationary storage box. there are also some additional planks of thin cardboard like wood which are not accounted for in the assembley manual. i have no idea what these planks were for so i ended up throwing them away. the manual should specify what these planks are for.