Heavy, not real wood, chipped and scratched, looks fine.
Stay away from this product. Go to IKEA (much better quality) or any local store. Basically, youll get a higher quality product at a lower price. I guess if you dont have an Ikea or a similar store anywhere near by.
Pros:
/ Color is a nice darker cherry/
/ Marker included (more on this later)
Neutral:
/ Very heavy. At around 125 pounds, I was expecting it to have some solid wood pieces, mixed in with some laminate ones. However, its all laminate, not one piece of it is made of real wood.
/ Putting it together was cumbersome but relatively straight forward, you have to hammer in a few pieces (per the instructions) that on other similar products you typically screw in.
Cons:
/ Every single one of the 10 or so wood pieces was scratched. Not one of them came in perfect shape. Vendor is well aware of it, as they send you a brown market to paint over the chipped/scratched sections. The good thing I can say, is that the marker hides those defects effectively. (one of the reasons this gets 2 stars instead of just 1)
/ Instructions are poor. In one page they will tell you to attached something one way, in the next page the drawing will have them a different way. (the first page was right.)
/ Hard to align, any slight push from the side readjusts it slightly. lets say align: push a bit to accommodate to a corner and it ends up: / (obviously not that inclined, but it doesnt keep its shape very well).
/ Expensive. At around 200 dollars, I was expecting a slightly higher quality product. Say a grade or two above Ikea, as opposed to much lesser quality.
If this was made of real wood, (or have at least the outer more visible pieces (say the doors) made of real wood, and scratches were limited, the product would have been a 4 star product. As it stands, given the price tag, and what similar products can be had for at IKEA, I cannot recommend this cabinet.
Heavy, not real wood, chipped and scratched, looks fine.
Stay away from this product. Go to IKEA (much better quality) or any local store. Basically, youll get a higher quality product at a lower price. I guess if you dont have an Ikea or a similar store anywhere near by. Pros: / Color is a nice darker cherry/ / Marker included (more on this later) Neutral: / Very heavy. At around 125 pounds, I was expecting it to have some solid wood pieces, mixed in with some laminate ones. However, its all laminate, not one piece of it is made of real wood. / Putting it together was cumbersome but relatively straight forward, you have to hammer in a few pieces (per the instructions) that on other similar products you typically screw in. Cons: / Every single one of the 10 or so wood pieces was scratched. Not one of them came in perfect shape. Vendor is well aware of it, as they send you a brown market to paint over the chipped/scratched sections. The good thing I can say, is that the marker hides those defects effectively. (one of the reasons this gets 2 stars instead of just 1) / Instructions are poor. In one page they will tell you to attached something one way, in the next page the drawing will have them a different way. (the first page was right.) / Hard to align, any slight push from the side readjusts it slightly. lets say align: push a bit to accommodate to a corner and it ends up: / (obviously not that inclined, but it doesnt keep its shape very well). / Expensive. At around 200 dollars, I was expecting a slightly higher quality product. Say a grade or two above Ikea, as opposed to much lesser quality. If this was made of real wood, (or have at least the outer more visible pieces (say the doors) made of real wood, and scratches were limited, the product would have been a 4 star product. As it stands, given the price tag, and what similar products can be had for at IKEA, I cannot recommend this cabinet.