We wanted a nice clean way to store shoes by our front entrance, in a narrow space. After doing lots of research and realizing there were not many options for a narrow space, we decided on this one. It was out of stock so we waited a month and a half for it, and finally received it today. After putting it together, we tested it out and it is not meant for adult shoes. Putting any shoes in the bottom section is fine until you try to open it, and then it also opens the top section because the shoes move around and hit the mechanism of the top section. It is too much of a pain to disassemble and return to Wayfair so we will donate it to a neighbor who has children. So if you have adult shoes, this will not work for you.