I bought and assembled two of these, in the espresso color, for one of my rental properties. Once assembled and installed, these are nice looking cabinets that do exactly what you expect them to do. For this price, there is a level of expected chicanery that is the product of typically poor Chinese/made quality control. If youre handy (and if youre not you should get out of your Moms basement), have some patience and some good tools, you can fix the problems and end up with a good final result. I had to re/drill about 6 misaligned holes and replace a handful of cheap hardware to satisfy my standards. Dont expect to whip this cabinet together on a lunch break, and be prepared to assemble and install it at least twice or more. Here are some recommendations. 1. Have wood glue on hand. There are dowels that need to be glued, and glue is not included. 2. Assemble this on a soft surface. The dark color shows every scuff and scratch, and you wont like the final result if you assemble it on a hard surface. The foam panels inside the box work fine for this. 3. Leave the foam panels on the glass doors until final assembly. Glass actively looks for a reason to break. 4. Dont marry the legs to the cabinet until you have test/fitted the legs to the installation space. You will need to make adjustments to the legs, the toilet water supply, and other various items before final installation. You will install the cabinet portion at least twice to get it properly bolted to the wall. Theres no need to lug the entire assembly into and out of place several times when you can just set the legs in place, make adjustments, then bring the heavy cabinet portion in and set it in place on the legs. 5. Spend a few extra dollars and toggle/bolt the cabinet to the wall. The wall anchors that come with this cabinet are hot garbage. 6. Dont install the doors until you have the assembly bolted to the wall. 7. Buy some rubber cabinet door bumpers. This cabinet uses the shelf inside to back/stop the doors. Without rubber bumpers they wont sit flush, but it doesnt come with bumpers pre/installed or in the hardware kit. 8. Spend the time to properly adjust the hinges to set the doors flush and straight. 9. Remember this is MDF and the hardware is made of dead/soft metal. If you get too happy with your screwdriver you will strip things out quickly. Cam/locks have a tendency of ripping out anchor bolts if you strong/arm them.
If you do it all right, youll get a professional/looking product to be proud of. If you try to cut corners and rush it, youll end up with something that looks like a Goodwill cast/off. Hope this helps, and best of luck.
Edit: I forgot to mention that in order to get the doors to hang straight, with even gaps, I had to re/drill the hinge mounting holes approximately 1/8 below where they were originally drilled. I also replaced the hinges because the hinges that came with this cabinet are hot garbage and dont have enough adjustment to square up the gaps around the doors. In all, I probably spent another 60 in hardware, per cabinet, to get them right. I spent about 40 more on a different cabinet for another rental property and got a much better product.
Typical Chinese/made quality control issues
I bought and assembled two of these, in the espresso color, for one of my rental properties. Once assembled and installed, these are nice looking cabinets that do exactly what you expect them to do. For this price, there is a level of expected chicanery that is the product of typically poor Chinese/made quality control. If youre handy (and if youre not you should get out of your Moms basement), have some patience and some good tools, you can fix the problems and end up with a good final result. I had to re/drill about 6 misaligned holes and replace a handful of cheap hardware to satisfy my standards. Dont expect to whip this cabinet together on a lunch break, and be prepared to assemble and install it at least twice or more. Here are some recommendations. 1. Have wood glue on hand. There are dowels that need to be glued, and glue is not included. 2. Assemble this on a soft surface. The dark color shows every scuff and scratch, and you wont like the final result if you assemble it on a hard surface. The foam panels inside the box work fine for this. 3. Leave the foam panels on the glass doors until final assembly. Glass actively looks for a reason to break. 4. Dont marry the legs to the cabinet until you have test/fitted the legs to the installation space. You will need to make adjustments to the legs, the toilet water supply, and other various items before final installation. You will install the cabinet portion at least twice to get it properly bolted to the wall. Theres no need to lug the entire assembly into and out of place several times when you can just set the legs in place, make adjustments, then bring the heavy cabinet portion in and set it in place on the legs. 5. Spend a few extra dollars and toggle/bolt the cabinet to the wall. The wall anchors that come with this cabinet are hot garbage. 6. Dont install the doors until you have the assembly bolted to the wall. 7. Buy some rubber cabinet door bumpers. This cabinet uses the shelf inside to back/stop the doors. Without rubber bumpers they wont sit flush, but it doesnt come with bumpers pre/installed or in the hardware kit. 8. Spend the time to properly adjust the hinges to set the doors flush and straight. 9. Remember this is MDF and the hardware is made of dead/soft metal. If you get too happy with your screwdriver you will strip things out quickly. Cam/locks have a tendency of ripping out anchor bolts if you strong/arm them. If you do it all right, youll get a professional/looking product to be proud of. If you try to cut corners and rush it, youll end up with something that looks like a Goodwill cast/off. Hope this helps, and best of luck. Edit: I forgot to mention that in order to get the doors to hang straight, with even gaps, I had to re/drill the hinge mounting holes approximately 1/8 below where they were originally drilled. I also replaced the hinges because the hinges that came with this cabinet are hot garbage and dont have enough adjustment to square up the gaps around the doors. In all, I probably spent another 60 in hardware, per cabinet, to get them right. I spent about 40 more on a different cabinet for another rental property and got a much better product.