Looks nice, but I aged significantly during assembly
For anyone who says it took them 2 hours or less to assemble this cabinet, I call shenanigans. Im no handyman, but Ive spent chunks of my life as a single, very independent woman so Ive assembled my fair share of furniture, etc. When I first opened this box and saw the sheer number of screws, nails, hinges, it took me almost 2 weeks just to work up the motivation to get into it. This is not a project for the faint of heart. The manufacturer must be aware of this because their instruction manual contains several mentions of taking a breather, having a snack, dying the hair that may have turned Gray since you began this little adventure. It took me about 3 1/2 hours from start to finish with maybe a 15 minute break. Thankfully, the instructions are very detailed. But you had better be in it to win it because if you miss one tiny blurb, you risk messing up the whole thing. I nearly had a heart attack when, more than 3 hours in, I glued in the wood dowels for the top and placed it the wrong way. I realized because I couldnt get it to sit flush against the sides / the top wouldnt slide all the way down the dowels. So now Ive glued the darn thing down the wrong way and it was no fun at all removing it. Funny thing is, once I finally did get it placed correctlyit still wouldnt slide down the dowels. Because the stems of those white fastener things are sticking up. After 3 1/2 hours of manual labor, I have a beautiful coastal cabinet with a half inch gap between the top and the sides. If I was the violent type there would definitely be a hole in one of my walls. I still gave it 3 stars because it does look really nice and it serves its purpose. And truthfully, the way its intended, there would only be about 2 of space in the drawer so the design flaw in my unit actually gave me a little extra storage space lol. And the gap isnt terribly noticeable. If I had it to do over, Id spend another 100 for a pre/assembled unit.
Looks nice, but I aged significantly during assembly
For anyone who says it took them 2 hours or less to assemble this cabinet, I call shenanigans. Im no handyman, but Ive spent chunks of my life as a single, very independent woman so Ive assembled my fair share of furniture, etc. When I first opened this box and saw the sheer number of screws, nails, hinges, it took me almost 2 weeks just to work up the motivation to get into it. This is not a project for the faint of heart. The manufacturer must be aware of this because their instruction manual contains several mentions of taking a breather, having a snack, dying the hair that may have turned Gray since you began this little adventure. It took me about 3 1/2 hours from start to finish with maybe a 15 minute break. Thankfully, the instructions are very detailed. But you had better be in it to win it because if you miss one tiny blurb, you risk messing up the whole thing. I nearly had a heart attack when, more than 3 hours in, I glued in the wood dowels for the top and placed it the wrong way. I realized because I couldnt get it to sit flush against the sides / the top wouldnt slide all the way down the dowels. So now Ive glued the darn thing down the wrong way and it was no fun at all removing it. Funny thing is, once I finally did get it placed correctlyit still wouldnt slide down the dowels. Because the stems of those white fastener things are sticking up. After 3 1/2 hours of manual labor, I have a beautiful coastal cabinet with a half inch gap between the top and the sides. If I was the violent type there would definitely be a hole in one of my walls. I still gave it 3 stars because it does look really nice and it serves its purpose. And truthfully, the way its intended, there would only be about 2 of space in the drawer so the design flaw in my unit actually gave me a little extra storage space lol. And the gap isnt terribly noticeable. If I had it to do over, Id spend another 100 for a pre/assembled unit.