This is a small, slim jewelry case, and it's perfect for hiding my jewelry.  Unfortunately there have been numerous break ins throughout my neighborhood, all in broad daylight, where the intruders kick in a door and run through the house grabbing electronics and jewelry boxes and exiting in very short order.  So I no longer have a jewelry box on my dresser.  I got this so I could slide it out of sight every day when I leave.  It keeps everything organized and separated, and it's easy to slip it under the bed or the cedar chest.  It's pretty, and unlike one of the previous reviewers, mine does stay open.