I am SURE that when I read the original listing for these beautiful trunks that they were listed as being bigger than they are. No matter - they are quite beautiful! But they are not as big as I thought (or measured them from the listing details) so as long as you want them for a conversation piece on a table or even glue them together and add legs for a coffee table - hey - they are quite beautiful and beautifully made! I plan to keep my older diaries in the small trunk for safekeeping and maybe a small blanket in the big one!