I bought this for our back porch area where we had a major messy shoe problem.  Everyone's shoes were all over the place.  It looks so nice and now keeps most of us organized (the shoe rack is only as good as the person being willing to actually take the half second to put their shoes on it). The only reason I knocked off a star was the instructions were a bit complicated and we ended up with one screw left over and don't know why.  We also had a little problem with a few steps for the top shelf but so far the thing is standing sturdy and looks great.