this island is the perfect size for our kitchen. It was pretty easy to put together! We decided that the spice rack and towel bar were too intrusive for our space at this time and like the clean look of the piece without them attached. The holes on both sides of the island show because of this and we wish there were stickers or something that came with the product to hide the holes should the user make the same decision we did. Other than that we are very happy with our purchase!