Cute and functional, company responded quickly as well
I honestly dont know what other people are expecting at this price/point. Sure, Id love to get solid wood super/sturdy furniture at this price point, but thats just not reality. Its sturdy enough if you assemble it properly; I wouldnt drop a car engine on the top of it but for linens or Blu/Rays (thats what were using it for) its plenty sturdy. Assembly was pretty simple, instructions werent that bad, wish the images were bigger but theres only a few steps, it really isnt hard to assemble at all, the only difficult part of it is putting the doors on (which is always annoying without a helper), I just used my lap to hold the door up but some books would probably have made it easier. I used a drill for most of it, except tightening the cam/bolts.
So I admit I was a little annoyed at first; I received a pretty much flawless looking piece, no scratches or dings, but one of the sides wasnt manufactured properly. They hadnt inserted the threading for the cambolts on one of the sides, so I couldnt screw in the cam/bolts, which made assembly impossible. Rather than try and return it and hope I get another perfect piece, I sent an email, and they got back to me immediately on the following Monday (I emailed on Saturday, they arent open during the weekends). Included some pictures, guy knew exactly what was missing, and sent some out. They arrived at the end of the week. Thats pretty darn good service. In fact the only reason Im leaving 4 is because the piece wasnt manufactured properly but I almost want to add the star back in because they remedied it about as good as a company can, Ive had several experiences where a manufacturer has to send parts and they take a month to arrive.
The piece is cute, the dimensions are listed so if its not the right size thats your fault for not measuring. Doors swing well, magnet catch works well, pretty much works as it should. The only other thing is I could see how the shelf pins could fall out eventually, if that were the case then Id just super glue them in, but so far they work just fine.
Cute and functional, company responded quickly as well
I honestly dont know what other people are expecting at this price/point. Sure, Id love to get solid wood super/sturdy furniture at this price point, but thats just not reality. Its sturdy enough if you assemble it properly; I wouldnt drop a car engine on the top of it but for linens or Blu/Rays (thats what were using it for) its plenty sturdy. Assembly was pretty simple, instructions werent that bad, wish the images were bigger but theres only a few steps, it really isnt hard to assemble at all, the only difficult part of it is putting the doors on (which is always annoying without a helper), I just used my lap to hold the door up but some books would probably have made it easier. I used a drill for most of it, except tightening the cam/bolts. So I admit I was a little annoyed at first; I received a pretty much flawless looking piece, no scratches or dings, but one of the sides wasnt manufactured properly. They hadnt inserted the threading for the cambolts on one of the sides, so I couldnt screw in the cam/bolts, which made assembly impossible. Rather than try and return it and hope I get another perfect piece, I sent an email, and they got back to me immediately on the following Monday (I emailed on Saturday, they arent open during the weekends). Included some pictures, guy knew exactly what was missing, and sent some out. They arrived at the end of the week. Thats pretty darn good service. In fact the only reason Im leaving 4 is because the piece wasnt manufactured properly but I almost want to add the star back in because they remedied it about as good as a company can, Ive had several experiences where a manufacturer has to send parts and they take a month to arrive. The piece is cute, the dimensions are listed so if its not the right size thats your fault for not measuring. Doors swing well, magnet catch works well, pretty much works as it should. The only other thing is I could see how the shelf pins could fall out eventually, if that were the case then Id just super glue them in, but so far they work just fine.