FootFitterFootFitter Cedar Shoe Shine Valet - Storage Box for all your Shoe Care Supplies! USA Grown Cedar

This is a well-made shoe shining valet. I had hoped it would allow me to store bottles of conditioner, polish and more but it is on the small side. Not as deep so bottles won't fit. Nevertheless, the other models shown had inferior hinges. This model has a sliding top so there is no issue with hinges. The cedar wood smells wonderful and can enhance anyone's closet. I would recommend this model although you are limited for storage space inside.

Mid was tight. Needed more timber off side lid

I was going to store in my closet, but it looks too nice to put it away. I love this shoe shine box. Well built

It looks nice, smells great, and fits all of my supplies for one color of my shoe polishes.However, the shipping packaging needs help. The item arrived broken. I will glue it myself as I'm not interested in a return. Understand that it's great, but cedar is horribly fragile in shipping. The poor packaging knocked a star off of my rating.

When I received the box, I noticed that, while the entire box is supposed to be made from cedar, the bottom panel of the box is actually made of another, cheaper, type of wood. This, by itself, isn't a major issue. The major issue is that the inside of the bottom of the box is covered with a very sticky adhesive. I presume that maybe there is supposed to be a cedar panel glued on top of it. Based on the fact that the adhesive is still sticky after being in transit for more than a week, I don't expect it to be usable, without attaching some type of material on top of it. The pictures on Amazon from the supplier do show that the bottom should be cedar as well, so I'm not sure what the issue is.Aside from the above defect, the box seems to be otherwise usable. It is small, as pointed out in other reviews, but the dimensions are accurately presented in the description, so that's not something that I would mark down. I would just recommend that you make sure that its size will work for your needs. The sliding top, as also pointed out in other reviews, is loose. A bit too loose I feel. I do think that I would have marked the box down for how loose the top is. If you lift it by the shoe stand, which I expect most people will do, and tilt it ever so slightly back, the box will quickly slide back along the groove and fall to the floor. I will have to add some material along the box lid to add enough resistance to prevent this from happening. Overall, without the issue with the adhesive, my review would have been 3 or 4 stars. I appreciate that it is made of cedar wood and build quality (aside from the issue with the bottom panel and the lid being so loose) is largely acceptable. Based on the issues though, I can't recommend the item and will return it.