This product is definitely misleading as advertised. It was not as expected nor anywhere near satisfactory. It is a terrible value if paying anything over $20. It is cheaply made and it shows. The only redeeming quality is that you don't use an allen wrench to assemble it. Do yourself a favor and just avoid this. Personally, I find it to be embarrassing to have in my home.
The piece looks very nice in the room, and is functional. Assembly was not complicated or difficult, it was however tedious. The drawers are the least functional part of the piece, and have no tracks to guide pull out. Drawers fall out of the unit easily once pulled out slightly. Overall a nice unit.
I liked the look of this piece online. Upon start of assembly I was immediately disappointed. Pieces were cracking and getting knicked with just the smallest bump against other pieces or slightly wrong angle of a piece of hardware. Paint is chipped on some pieces straight from the box. Drawers are horrible, when you pull them out more than halfway they just fall out. Don't buy this product.
I purchased some Ikea pieces of similar price at the same time as this cabinet and those items are so much better quality.
The piece was easy enough to put together with one person. The pressed has a vernier glued very flimsily on. It was already peeling off on a corner when I was putting it together. The magnetic piece that is supposed to hold the door shut, is so weak that it doesnt hold. Also, dont pull the shelves out far without getting ready to catch them, as there is no mechanism to keep them from doing so. Overall, the piece looks nice. It was also marked well with where to drill in the nails necessary to piece it all together.
This isn't the worst piece of furniture that I've assembled, but it's far from the best.
The pieces are wrapped in foam sheets that have the consistence of wet toilet paper, which will cast bits of static charged foam all over whatever room you assemble this in. You will also want to clean each piece as you assemble, or you'll wind up with a dusty mess of a cabinet.
Speaking of cleaning the pieces, each piece is labeled with a sticker, which is nice. Unfortunately, these stickers aren't the easy-to-remove variety, so in addition to your tools, grab your Goo Gone.
There were several construction corners cut, like the use of black vinyl stickers to cover the metal heads of screws that will be visible after assembly. This is pretty chintzy normally, but doubly so in this case, as the piece isn't actually black.
The instructions are bad, but usable. There is no chart showing the sizes of the various screws. The screws are numbered, but several of the parts bags include multiple parts, so the numbering isn't terribly useful. Further, the hardware is located in a box that is labeled legs on multiple sides. I spent several minutes searching the staticky, foamy box looking for the hardware kit, before finding it in the perplexingly labeled box.
The cabinet includes a mechanism for anchoring it to a wall, which is actually quite cleverly executed.
The cabinet uses dowel pins in a poorly conceived attempt to stop the drawers from coning entirely out of the unit when drawn too far. It works, but it's a kludge, and I'm certain that I'll find the dowel pins rolling around in the drawers at some later date, and will have forgotten why they're there.
I bought this cabinet to house my Internet router, which sits in my guest bedroom, so that the blinking lights won't disturb my guests. Happily, it works quite well for this purpose.
I wouldn't use this as a high traffic piece of furniture, not would I store anything of any size/weight in the drawers, but if you need a little cabinet to sit a lamp on, or someplace to stick things that you don't use very often, this works well enough.
And it's cheap.
This is a cute and handy piece, and I am glad rather I've purchased it. It has a retro-vibe and is the perfect size for what i oersonally needed in my home. Materials are not top notch, but I didn't expect that. What I really did not like was putting this together! It literally took several hours. So, if you're considering a purchase, I'd like to suggest using a buddy to assemble the drawers while you're putting the rest together. . It'll make things go much more smoothly.. A Phillips head screw driver is a must, or a small cordless drill, but be careful not to overtighten. And don't make any other plans for the rest of the day, you'll be too tired! I'm a very handy girl, BTW. Waiting around for the man to come along is not style!!
Additionally, the small wooden dowels used to hold the drawers from falling out may need a small drop of hot glue to secure in place. Good luck!
I was wary about how this would look because the parts were poorly constructed. The top (part A) had a small defect and one of the drawer sides (part K) had a noticeable defect which needed glue. The particle board cracked in several places as I tightened the screws and one of the dowels split in two as I was working on the other side. I have no idea what Step 9 is for as there were only 8 not 12 part 10's and no pre-drilled holes so I just skipped that step. Be sure when you attach the bottom (part B) the groove is facing the back for the back to slip in (parts G and H) - that was not evident from the instructions. Once assembled, the cabinet looks good which is why I rated it 3 stars and not less.
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Misleading product, cheap, terrible value
This product is definitely misleading as advertised. It was not as expected nor anywhere near satisfactory. It is a terrible value if paying anything over $20. It is cheaply made and it shows. The only redeeming quality is that you don't use an allen wrench to assemble it. Do yourself a favor and just avoid this. Personally, I find it to be embarrassing to have in my home.
Nice addition for my home office
Very easy to assemble.
Excellent except for drawers
The piece looks very nice in the room, and is functional. Assembly was not complicated or difficult, it was however tedious. The drawers are the least functional part of the piece, and have no tracks to guide pull out. Drawers fall out of the unit easily once pulled out slightly. Overall a nice unit.
Poor quality! Go with Ikea instead!
I liked the look of this piece online. Upon start of assembly I was immediately disappointed. Pieces were cracking and getting knicked with just the smallest bump against other pieces or slightly wrong angle of a piece of hardware. Paint is chipped on some pieces straight from the box. Drawers are horrible, when you pull them out more than halfway they just fall out. Don't buy this product. I purchased some Ikea pieces of similar price at the same time as this cabinet and those items are so much better quality.
Storage cabinet
You have to get bigger screws cause the screws it brings are way to too small to hold the doors up and hold up the tracks for the drawers.
Made cheaply, not a sturdy piece of furniture
The piece was easy enough to put together with one person. The pressed has a vernier glued very flimsily on. It was already peeling off on a corner when I was putting it together. The magnetic piece that is supposed to hold the door shut, is so weak that it doesnt hold. Also, dont pull the shelves out far without getting ready to catch them, as there is no mechanism to keep them from doing so. Overall, the piece looks nice. It was also marked well with where to drill in the nails necessary to piece it all together.
Simple but Elegant.
I am impressed with the quality and the ease of putting it together. Everything was exactly as described. I am VERY happy with this purchase.
It's cheap furniture, for sure.
This isn't the worst piece of furniture that I've assembled, but it's far from the best. The pieces are wrapped in foam sheets that have the consistence of wet toilet paper, which will cast bits of static charged foam all over whatever room you assemble this in. You will also want to clean each piece as you assemble, or you'll wind up with a dusty mess of a cabinet. Speaking of cleaning the pieces, each piece is labeled with a sticker, which is nice. Unfortunately, these stickers aren't the easy-to-remove variety, so in addition to your tools, grab your Goo Gone. There were several construction corners cut, like the use of black vinyl stickers to cover the metal heads of screws that will be visible after assembly. This is pretty chintzy normally, but doubly so in this case, as the piece isn't actually black. The instructions are bad, but usable. There is no chart showing the sizes of the various screws. The screws are numbered, but several of the parts bags include multiple parts, so the numbering isn't terribly useful. Further, the hardware is located in a box that is labeled legs on multiple sides. I spent several minutes searching the staticky, foamy box looking for the hardware kit, before finding it in the perplexingly labeled box. The cabinet includes a mechanism for anchoring it to a wall, which is actually quite cleverly executed. The cabinet uses dowel pins in a poorly conceived attempt to stop the drawers from coning entirely out of the unit when drawn too far. It works, but it's a kludge, and I'm certain that I'll find the dowel pins rolling around in the drawers at some later date, and will have forgotten why they're there. I bought this cabinet to house my Internet router, which sits in my guest bedroom, so that the blinking lights won't disturb my guests. Happily, it works quite well for this purpose. I wouldn't use this as a high traffic piece of furniture, not would I store anything of any size/weight in the drawers, but if you need a little cabinet to sit a lamp on, or someplace to stick things that you don't use very often, this works well enough. And it's cheap.
Tedious assembly
This is a cute and handy piece, and I am glad rather I've purchased it. It has a retro-vibe and is the perfect size for what i oersonally needed in my home. Materials are not top notch, but I didn't expect that. What I really did not like was putting this together! It literally took several hours. So, if you're considering a purchase, I'd like to suggest using a buddy to assemble the drawers while you're putting the rest together. . It'll make things go much more smoothly.. A Phillips head screw driver is a must, or a small cordless drill, but be careful not to overtighten. And don't make any other plans for the rest of the day, you'll be too tired! I'm a very handy girl, BTW. Waiting around for the man to come along is not style!! Additionally, the small wooden dowels used to hold the drawers from falling out may need a small drop of hot glue to secure in place. Good luck!
Looks better once assembly is finished
I was wary about how this would look because the parts were poorly constructed. The top (part A) had a small defect and one of the drawer sides (part K) had a noticeable defect which needed glue. The particle board cracked in several places as I tightened the screws and one of the dowels split in two as I was working on the other side. I have no idea what Step 9 is for as there were only 8 not 12 part 10's and no pre-drilled holes so I just skipped that step. Be sure when you attach the bottom (part B) the groove is facing the back for the back to slip in (parts G and H) - that was not evident from the instructions. Once assembled, the cabinet looks good which is why I rated it 3 stars and not less.
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