We bought this to help contain two littler boxes, which can be unsightly. We put one inside and another one, with a cover, on top. I love that the stairs have little drawers to store things. Building it was pretty difficult for me and I finally had to get my son involved. The directions are fairly clear, but with so many pieces I was struggling. My son did a much better job understanding the directions. I recommend having two people when building this piece of furniture since, in the beginning, it can be very awkward. After it was built, the cats enjoyed playing on the structure and going in and out of the door on the front and side. It has worked perfectly for our needs. I am giving this product 5 stars because I love the piece of furniture, but the shipping container was not well packaged. It came to my door almost completely open on the top. We had a very hard time moving it into the house, as the pieces were falling out. They definitely need to use a lot more tape.