This was the right size for what we were looking for -- a stool for a cocktail table-style arcade game. However, it's pretty cheap material and within a few weeks of owning one my 12 year-old was rocking on it (which he's been told not to do, but he's 12), and one of the legs broke. The "wood" was pretty well shattered so we can't glue it back together. So -- maybe it's sturdier if you don't have a destructive preteen in the house?!?