This is the perfect toy storage shelf. I love it so much that I bought two - a white one for the living room (LOVE) and the espresso one for the baby room.  The espresso one has extremely strong manufacturing fumes and has taken several days to "de-gas" during which I've had to store it outside the baby's room.  I mean we're talking overwhelming fumes, not just new furniture smell.  The white one also smelled, but it was more normal and went away in about 48 hours.  Love the shelf but it almost seems unhealthy to have such a strong chemical smell clinging to your furniture and permeating every room of our 4200sqft house.