I purchased this for my husband to put next to his small round bbq grill. Searched quite a bit before finding this. Currently we just had a 2 tiered wooden table and that was only of minor value and didn't have a place to store things. First, I have to mention that when our mail lady delivered this she said we were the envy of the entire post office. Since you could see the item on the outside of the box apparently everyone got prep station envy. The reason I purchased this was because of the 2 door system for storage and for the 2 extending leafs. That being said, we can move on to putting it together. Yep, my husband fussed for a bit. Said getting the first 2 pieces together was off somehow. But, I got up on Amazon and read some of the very helpful reviews talking about putting it together and soon things fell into place. Got it together in about 20 to 25 minutes after the initial fight with the first 2 parts.Heed what another helpful reviewer wrote.... read the directions, even as sparse as they are. They do help. After that it went together easily. It is.... great. The leafs can of course be up or down...great great for cooking out. The doors to the storage are really good. Someone said the doors wouldn't stay closed. I think they need to recheck how the put them together or they got a defective station. I personally opened and closed the doors several times. There is no way they can "blow open" or come open on their own. When you close the door there is a "SNAP" sound and that is it. The wheels are useful and importantly, two of the wheel lock (he put the locking wheels on the front, obviously, so you can get to them easily to lock or unlock as need be. The little accessory bin which is on the top shelving area can be used for cooking utensils or for your sauces, ketchup etc. while cooking out. Hubby is very very happy with his surprise. It looks great and it is extremely helpful!! Can't beat it for the price either.