When it arrived it seemed a little bland to me. So I grabbed some left over peel and stick wallpaper I used on an accent wall, a few tiny black knobs, and attempted to spruce it up. Regarding functionality —I’m a woman’s size 9. I would think hard about it if your foot size is over 8.5. It grazes my shoes and some I have to turn a pair diagonally so they don’t get scuffed. Maybe it depends the type of shoe you put in it. Regarding putting it together—my friend who worked on F-16s in the USAF didn’t find it the easiest. That says it all I think.