It's a 'whale of a cool' basket.  I purchased this basket to hold stray socks that come out of the wash laundry without a mate. Thus, I was looking for something to hold these socks, but wanted to do something different. When I saw this whale basket, I thought this could work. The whale basket looks pretty sitting in my laundry room. It serves its purchase, wanted it to be slightly bigger, but it is a great size. My whale basket is not at capacity so far. I would recommend the whale basket to a friend.