This is just sooo cute! I love it. Mine is for looks only. I would never use this to put my feet on or sit on, because it's way too pretty for that and you don't want it to lose it's shape or mess up your flowers. That's just me though. You can do what you want with yours. It is Gorgeous. You will need to "poof" your flowers up a bit and turn some of the petals out, as it is packaged tightly in plastic. I would recommend  this highly to anyone who likes Unique things like I do. You could search forever in the stores and never find anything like this.