"It looks like a root vegetable storage box but miniaturized. "

"I saw, and defended, this bookshelf/table a few months ago. For an open floor plan or studio space, this is a decent idea. It could be used as a room divider when it's closed, and not take up much space until it's opened as a table. If you use the bookshelf to house all the items you'd use for dinner- plates, utensils, cups, linens, serving bowls, it wouldn't require moving things on and off the shelf to use the table, assuming this table IS used as a dining table and not an all purpose desk/table.As for the shelf/desk, it's too small to be functional. Maybe it if was 2 shelves high it might work better, so you can use the top shelf as a shelf and the bottom shelf as desk surface."