The storage ottoman is proving to be a great choice, we bought this to keep our grandchildren's toys in. They are only toddlers and when they arrive to visit us their toys that they leave at our house are on hand to entertain them. All we have to do is open the lid which has a lock up open facility and hey presto! the toys are easily accessable. Then when the grandchildren go home their toys magically disappear into the ottoman, which also doubles up as extra seating when we have the whole family around together.