We love this cat tree. It is very sturdy and matches our dark furniture. Our kitten was able to figure out how to get into it within a day and loves sleeping in it as it is higher than the dogs can reach. Because it is round, it is a bit of a learning curve on figuring out how to get into it. But once our kitten figured it out she was crawling all over it and using the scratch post to make her way up. I highly recommend it.