GuidecraftTower Step-Up - White: Kids' Wooden, Adjustable Height, Step Stool with Safety Rails for Little Children - Toddler Learning Furniture

I purchased this step stool with the intention of both my 4 year old and 3 year old sharing it at our kitchen island. This stool has been a game changer at our house. Both children can stand at my island and help cook or eat their breakfast in the morning. My 4 year old is slim and my 3 year old is a bigger build, but they can both stand on the stool. Assembly was about 10 minutes due to trying to get screws lined up accurately, but otherwise not too challenging.The steps have textured slip strips to avoid falls and I love all the smooth edges on the corners. This is well made.I purchased white which does get dirty easily, but I anticipated this going in. A little dish soap and wet rag help.I would purchase this again, no regrets.

Great stool. Not too big, but still had sides for added safety.

Hands down this has been the best purchase for our growing "helper"! Our daughter was becoming interested in helping at the counter and we had pushed a kitchen chair up to the edge to allow her to help. She was so excited she had a hard time staying on the chair and it was freaking me out with balancing her on it with no sides. So we purchased this step setup the minute we saw it. It looked exactly like what I had pictured for her with the ample standing platform and the half step. It is a very sturdy piece and my husband assembled it with the help of our toddler so you know its not difficult to put together. The finish is very durable and so far has come clean from peanut butter (oily stuff), and blueberries (very potent stain colors). It is pure white and it has a slight semi-gloss finish. Smooth for wiping up messes.Our toddler also uses the step as a seat. Facing the platform she will sit on the step and use the platform as a table. So it is very versatile for them as a seat. The platform has two heights and once your child is tall enough you can lower the platform so that they can keep a comfortable height at the counter. This is a fairly large piece so if you have a tiny kitchen or intend to use it for a bathroom I would check measurements. The handles cut into the top sides help with moving this around the kitchen, but it is definitely big enough that a child couldn't move it themselves easily. I know the warning says small parts not for children under 3 - but we purchased this when our toddler was not quite 2.5 years old and she is very tall for her age. I do think it would be age appropriate for a 2 year old but with supervision. There is nothing that we have found on this that would pop off or be a choke hazard unless your child eats wood.The little stablizers that have to be added to the front legs are NOT pre-drilled so I highly recommend pre drilling holes for those or you risk splitting the wood.The weight limit on the piece would work for an adult too - so it would also make a quick and easy step up for someone needing a platform to safely reach items.We love this product and are so happy with the durability and stability. Would absolutely recommend to others!

we made do with chairs turned backwards and step stools for years, but as our son got bigger they started to just seem too rickety for him. he's tall for his age and has been able to reach the counters just fine for awhile, but he's mature enough to get what he needs himself from the freezer/upper cabinets so encouraging that independence without nervously hovering behind him like he could fall any second was important to us. (obviously we still supervise him! he might be mature, but he IS still five, ha.)it's sturdy and heavy, but again, since he's older, he can easily pick it up and move it himself to where he needs it. he even just plops down and uses it as a chair sometimes after he gets his snack.I love how it has a smaller footprint than the learning towers some of our friends with larger homes have. sure, we have to be mindful of it still, but our home is just over 1,000 square feet and it's well worth the room it takes up!I just wish it was strong enough for the adults in the home to stand on so we wouldn't have to break out the step stool, but that's okay. our son will still get plenty of use out of it for reaching the upper cabinets/freezer and we have another little one on the way as well who will eventually need help reaching the counters so we should get lots of use out of it still.

Our son has been pushing our dinning chairs into the kitchen to help with everything going on there. The dinning room chairs are not great for this, they are a little tipsy and do not give him anywhere to hold on or keep him from falling. After seeing how much he enjoyed being in the kitchen helping and how poor the chair was performing at its new job we went looking for a kitchen helper.This kitchen helper is solid after it is put together and does not wobble at all. It also has two height positions so we should be able to use it for several years. A second set of hands comes in very handy when putting this together because there are several doweled parts that need to go together at the same time and lining everything up can be a challenge. I recommend having a screw driver as well to help adjust the barrel nuts during assembly. If the barrel nuts are not lined up properly you cannot install the bolt, the nuts can be difficult to adjust after they are installed without a screw driver. All of the parts have a nice finish on them but this finish is slick. Our son spends a lot of time running around in his socks and when he climbs on the kitchen helper there is a risk that he can slip. I added a couple pieces of grip tape to the standing platform and the step.It would be nice if there was a back rail at the top to totally close in the standing area but it is much better than the dinning room chair.Over all this is a nice kitchen helper for the price, we are all happy with it.Update: 5-5-18 Some of the Black finish on the stand has begun to chip off. It still works fine just doesn't look as nice now.

My kids are crazy and didn’t want anything that would fall over and this is perfect. Nice and sturdy and they can move it around. I even find both of them on it at the same time. Perfect kitchen helper

Great quality. I love it and so does my 19 month old daughter! Too bad shipping is more expensive than the product itself but glad I bought it anyways.

Really like the Step Up Kitchen Helper, it's for my grandsons and much safer than a ordinary step stool.