This is not meant for most adult sized shoes. Some women’s size 9 shoes fit (flats, flip flops) but running shoes do not. The shelves on the side sit on small pegs but are not secure so they fall out easily when removing shoes. Again, barely fits women’s size 9. Good luck with any men’s size shoes. Kids shoes do work well. Assembly instructions were a little confusing in parts and 1-person assembly took about 3 hours.