I had problems with these ottomans from the start. Let me say to their credit, they are very pretty and classy ottomans. HOWEVER, the legs are so cheaply made that unless you live in a home with lightfooted fairies and no children, I can almost guarantee the legs will break off. They are "screwed" into a cardboard bottom beneath the ottoman and have almost no stability or sturdiness. Lovely decor piece if not used heavily.