I thought my four cats would love this, they act like it's not even here. We have a room with shelves around the walls for them and they love them, so we thought this would be a good addition and would spice it up for them, instead we've had three of them check it out, two lay it twice so far and the one that we thought would like it the most, because she likes their highest shelf here, hasn't even got on it yet. The little cubbyhole is to little, they seem to want to get in but don't stay, because it's too small, to me, there should be more padding on the shelves for comfort, the little shelf at the very top should also be bigger and made to feel more secure. As far as assembly, make sure the glue is out of the holes. It made it quite hard to put the screws in. Like the look though.