Scrap-N-Stow Craft Table

This table is based on a sound idea. There are a few ergonomic problems with its design, however, that make it less than the perfect work surface. FIRST, whomever designed it did not take into account average table height as this table is a good 3-4 inches too tall - and this comes from someone who is not challenged in the height department. I've been contemplating sawing off the legs a bit to make it a more comfortable height. SECOND, I like that you can cram your stuff on the inner work surface and close up the top; however, the "flaps" that make up the top sort of hang off to the sides in just the right way to catch your leg as you walk by, thus imperiling the work on the inner surface. And don't get me started on the latches! I do bead work and I'm forever getting necklace wire wrapped around one. THIRD, I haven't tried this yet, but I'm thinking whatever you have inside the table needs to be packed in pretty tight to keep it from rolling around each of the inside spaces. If you are a small item crafter, this aspect of the table's functionality is ambiguous at best. Again, this is a great concept that needs a redesign to make it truly functional. I recommend it with a half-hearted "Whoo-hoo."

I went back and forth on whether to get this table as I am a scrapbooker but my supplies are stored inconveniently in the basement. I was looking for a solution where I could set up at a moments notice and scrap while I watched TV. The table came and it looked useful enough. As other reviewers mentioned, the sides that make the lid seem a bit useless but that's OK. I went to use the table while I sat on the couch and being short, couldn't even comfortabley reach the top - so I grabbed my son's kitchen chair that has the "kaboost" on the bottom to boost me up to the table. I began to work and when I was done I tried to assess how I could keep what I was working on "in" the table for next time. Well first off - my album is too fat - I couldn't even begin to try to close the lids with my book in there - and I do work out of my album. None of my other supplies really fit either and I was finding that while the concept was clever, it didn't really work out for me. So now I have this too tall table that really doesn't have any more benefits then that of a folding table. I would not buy this again and it may end up in next year's garage sale.