We looked for a hall tree/drop station for over a year before deciding to purchase this item. Our space is not very deep so we needed something that would fit without extending into the room. We are very satisfied with how this looks and it does hold plenty of items. My husband assembled it in our garage over 3 days (it has over 300 pieces including nuts, bolts, strews etc.).  Four stars instead of five because of the amount of work required to assemble.