The 18" height is an ideal height to rest your foot on while you shave. It also fits great in the corner of your bathroom for those extra toilet paper rolls, towels, magazines, and even your favorite reading book. The product color palette brings a rich complex myriad of colors and blends that will bring up images or weathered gray docks, driftwood, sea coconuts, gray herons, coastal birds, and many more beautiful reminders of the exquisite serenity of our coastal areas.