Be cautious with shipping. My table finally arrived and the shippers brought the box into my living room and laid it down. Box looked good so I signed for it and they left. Now this is an extremely heavy box so when I was ready to put it together I opened it up and started removing items. The table top is turned to the outside of the box on the bottom, I flip it over and see a huge gouge in my table top and a hole in the box. The hole has obviously been found previous to deliver because it has been taped. INSPECT YOUR BOX COMPLETELY BEFORE SIGNING OFF ON SHIPPING! Do not allow the shippers to lay the box down without you seeing all sides first.
Assembly went fairly well except for 3 things.
1. There are no instructions, unless they fell out the hole in the box. There were none. No matter, its pretty easy to figure out.
2. The screws for the chair seats are too short. They will not bite into the wood portion of the seat, I had to buy new longer screw. Not the end of the world but be prepared to do this.
3. The center of the table under the top needs to be put in after all legs are in place and then lightly attached with the bolts to all four legs and then tightened so that no one leg gets too much pressure at a time. I made the mistake of trying to attach to one and then to the other you see where I was going and it did not work. I had to fix my mistake by a.)starting over and b.) screwing extra screws into the now loosened and somewhat damaged leg portion that holds the legs to the bottom of the table top. If you buy one and put it together you will know what I mean. Its a little block at the top of each leg that attaches the leg to the table top and it cannot take that kind of pressure. Make it easy on yourself, have someone hold the thing. get a bolt started from each leg to the center piece and then tighten in a cross pattern gently.
Good news was, even my mistakes were easily fixed. As for the scrape in the table top Im not entirely sure how to fix that yet. I could have sent it back but getting it back in the box, waiting for them to pick it up, and then ordering another (which was out of stock when I looked to see if that was an option). was going to be a pain.
Final thought. (Sorry for this one ) If you have a MOR Furniture store near you just go there. The table is actually cheaper, probably assembled already and I bet they deliver too. Unfortunately, I didnt discover this until after the whole thing was done. My mistake. Quality could be improved.
Shippers Mistake and Assembly issues
Be cautious with shipping. My table finally arrived and the shippers brought the box into my living room and laid it down. Box looked good so I signed for it and they left. Now this is an extremely heavy box so when I was ready to put it together I opened it up and started removing items. The table top is turned to the outside of the box on the bottom, I flip it over and see a huge gouge in my table top and a hole in the box. The hole has obviously been found previous to deliver because it has been taped. INSPECT YOUR BOX COMPLETELY BEFORE SIGNING OFF ON SHIPPING! Do not allow the shippers to lay the box down without you seeing all sides first. Assembly went fairly well except for 3 things. 1. There are no instructions, unless they fell out the hole in the box. There were none. No matter, its pretty easy to figure out. 2. The screws for the chair seats are too short. They will not bite into the wood portion of the seat, I had to buy new longer screw. Not the end of the world but be prepared to do this. 3. The center of the table under the top needs to be put in after all legs are in place and then lightly attached with the bolts to all four legs and then tightened so that no one leg gets too much pressure at a time. I made the mistake of trying to attach to one and then to the other you see where I was going and it did not work. I had to fix my mistake by a.)starting over and b.) screwing extra screws into the now loosened and somewhat damaged leg portion that holds the legs to the bottom of the table top. If you buy one and put it together you will know what I mean. Its a little block at the top of each leg that attaches the leg to the table top and it cannot take that kind of pressure. Make it easy on yourself, have someone hold the thing. get a bolt started from each leg to the center piece and then tighten in a cross pattern gently. Good news was, even my mistakes were easily fixed. As for the scrape in the table top Im not entirely sure how to fix that yet. I could have sent it back but getting it back in the box, waiting for them to pick it up, and then ordering another (which was out of stock when I looked to see if that was an option). was going to be a pain. Final thought. (Sorry for this one ) If you have a MOR Furniture store near you just go there. The table is actually cheaper, probably assembled already and I bet they deliver too. Unfortunately, I didnt discover this until after the whole thing was done. My mistake. Quality could be improved.