This is extremely solid and well made and in terms of function, I think it will work great!  I will be using drawer liners to prevent kitties from soaking the wood with a messy elimination...  We ordered the walnut colored box, and the color differs from what is pictured.  The color received was more of a reddish mahogany.  My husband was ready to ship it back because it doesn't match our current wood in our room, but I convinced him we could make it work with a cushion on the top that might have multiple blends of colors to pull the room together.  White was not available.