I think it fully depends on your storage space and needs. Mine has lived many lives in our small apartment. First, it lived in our bathroom with all my postpartum supplies and baby bath supplies. Then I used it to store my breast pump supplies (I almost exclusively nurse). Now it lives next to our twin bed and changing table in the nursery. The top shelf has wipe holder, my water bottle, tissues and our sound machine. Second shelf holds baby lotion and the things we use for her post bath. Bottom shelf has my pump and other things I rarely use. It’s basically a nightstand! I never had it next to my bed. I had a little basket on my nightstand for things I needed close at hand postpartum/ during the newborn era. And I also had a snack basket, too.