We are using this as an ottoman for the rocking chair in our baby's nursery. After just a couple months, the yarn-like material started to unravel in a couple places, and it has lost a considerable amount of its "poufiness." I don't know that this is necessarily a fault of the product so much as the natural result of using a stuffed item as an ottoman. The idea of it is really cool, but I'm not sure I would choose this if I had it to do over again.