This is a great unit for tight spaces like old hallways. We have ours directly under some wall coat hooks and it looks really nice against the white bead-board. Stores a ton of toddler shoes in the base compartment and around 5-7 pairs of my shoes in the upper bin. DO NOT put this thing together by yourself. It can be done, but a lot of expletives will be tossed around, and you'll need a cocktail (or 2) after the hours long completion. The lower bin doesn't close 100% on mine, but this might be because I put it together with 2 arms instead of 4. Might actually buy another one.