I was considering purchasing two of these items to use in our mud room.  My plan was to remove the baskets on the lowest shelves and use those (now open) shelves as a place to store our shoes. So I chatted online with a representative from Wayfair to ask them if the bottom baskets had a solid shelf under them or, if it was an open design on the bottom shelf.  The representative placed me on hold while they checked.  The representative came back and assured me there was indeed a solid shelf under the bottom baskets and we could use that for our shoes.  Ordered two chests, received them and low and behold, none of the baskets have a solid shelf under them.  It is all an open design with just a small ledge on the back and sides on which the baskets sit.  Be sure before you buy.