I live in an apartment with a kitchen that lacks counter space and needed to get my coffee maker, tea kettle and microwave off my counters. This kitchen island is perfect and was easy to put together. It is so clean looking, nice granite top and the microwave fit on the open shelf perfectly. The drawer is spacious and holds my numerous coffee pods and dishtowels nicely and the cabinet is nice to store some pots and pans. I love having my own little coffee cart.