Bought this for my granddaughters bedroom.  My daughter has the room painted and accented beautifully.  She painted the room and used the chalkboard paint to paint a fairly large square on the wall that my granddaughter could reach to draw on.  I thought my daughter would put the shelf on the wall to hold some 'treasures' but she put in on the wall below the chalkboard to hold chalk, etc.  It's really a beautiful piece for a little girls room.