We bought this bench to have in our living room for our 1 year old daughters toys.  It was a great buy!  Not only does it hold all of her toys, it makes clean up simple and easy to hide all of the clutter.  The only thing I was unhappy about is that it had a strong paint odor right out of the box.  We put it together and let it sit for a couple of days before we put the toys in it but now it seems to be good.