I live in a small bachelor apartment and needed something to serve many needs and this little table is very multi-funtional. I use it as a bedside table which can easily roll away when I need to pull out the trundle under my daybed. I can put books on the shelf, files in the file drawer, hide my computer and iPad on the easily accessible roll-out shelf and use the top for a coffee cup and a pretty box holding all the usual little stuff needed at bedside. Assembly was slightly complicated but my sister and I (both seniors) managed with no problems.