I really like that this set is made up of two separate pieces. It makes it much easier to place in the room compared to a single long kitchen. The set is very cute and gender neutral looking. It looks a lot more like a "grown up kitchen" than the multicolored plastic type of sets. My only real complaint was the assembly. It took quite a bit more time than I had planned. I consider myself to be a rather handy person & have assembled a LOT of toys and furniture pieces over the years, but it still took me close to an hour and half. There are so many screws and the screws are all very close (~1mm difference) in size. Once it was together, my niece & nephew (twin toddlers) both loved it.