This is a nice piece of furniture for the money. I have put my fair share of flat box furniture together in my time, and this bench is a step up. All but one of the pieces fit together perfectly. Only one required a bit of persuasion, but once I tightened the screws it was fine. This is real wood, and it has the weight and authority of a premade store bought piece. The bottom panel is not capable of bearing a lot of weight, so stay away from using this for heavy items unless you reinforce the bottom. You could probably cut a few pieces of ply wood if you really wanted to reinforce it.
The back of this is not that attractive, so placing it along a wall or against a couch is probably a good idea. Even though, it is not unattractive. It has two vertical vent slots for each of the cubbies in the bench to cut down on bag or shoe smell. The lid has a little gap to allow for little fingers to not get smashed. The soft close requries some force to push it down, so do not fear that this might fall on hands or worse yet a head. Time will tell how the soft close arms last.
This took me one hour to unbox and build. I used a drill and a screwdriver. I glued all contact edges for an extra solid feel. I am pretty handy and spatially adept at following directions. If you are not strong in these areas, I would say this might take 90 minutes. You will probably need a helping hand to put the lid on. You could probably lay it on its side and get the job done solo however.
As far as the crack that people reported, mine did have a 4-5 inch crack on the back. I wasnt too concerned about it. This is just the price we pay for not paying a high in store price. I could see this running about 4–500 assembled in a store. You could probably get several sent to you with the same result.
The wood seems to hold up well so far, but being real wood, I imagine it will only be a matter of time before my kids have a go at it.
Nice piece of furniture. Feels very solid and sturdy. Like someone else mentioned in the review comments, I also received a piece that had broken in the box. The piece that makes up the back was cracked. I contacted Simpli and the replacement piece arrived within a week. It took about an hour to put it together by myself without a drill. Do yourself and use a drill! It will compliment any room it is placed in.
This piece looks very nice. Everything is hardwood except the bottom, which is semi-flexible thick cardboard (similar to bookshelf or entertainment center backings). I wouldnt put anything extremely heavy in there, but the bottom is well supported on all sides and it screws into the middle dividing boards, so it should be fairly sturdy. One thing that may not be totally clear from the pictures is that there are dividing boards on the inside that break up the interior into 3 evenly sized compartments, so you cant fit any large items like a thick comforter in there.
Assembly was fairly straightforward, although the springs on the hinged top need to be installed in an order that is not given in the instructions (put the spring-side screws in first, then screw it into the lid last). The stickers labeling each piece are difficult to remove and leave a residue, although most are on interior surfaces. After constructing this on its side, it is uneven and rocks pretty significantly. We fixed this by putting different thicknesses of pads on different legs.
When we got this at first, one of the pieces was broken, so we contacted the supplier directly (as they reasonably request) and they said it would be 8 weeks to replace that single piece. Instead of waiting that long, we decided to issue a return through , and they very quickly sent us a complete replacement.
I love the product but very disappointed that quality control was absent. There is a long crack in V16F about 12 inches long and it goes through the the full piece of the wood.
I love the bench. Very acure style and sturdy. I did have to request an exchange because the first one has a Brocken piece but the exchange was easy and fast. Very satisfied with how it looks. Best of all, make great storage at my entry way for my daughter to store her toys before we leave the house.
It was sort of easy to put up a little difficult little bit but once you re-look at the instructions it goes much better and for the money I spent for it is well worth it I think
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Awesome. Solid piece.
Do yourself a solid...
This is a nice piece of furniture for the money. I have put my fair share of flat box furniture together in my time, and this bench is a step up. All but one of the pieces fit together perfectly. Only one required a bit of persuasion, but once I tightened the screws it was fine. This is real wood, and it has the weight and authority of a premade store bought piece. The bottom panel is not capable of bearing a lot of weight, so stay away from using this for heavy items unless you reinforce the bottom. You could probably cut a few pieces of ply wood if you really wanted to reinforce it. The back of this is not that attractive, so placing it along a wall or against a couch is probably a good idea. Even though, it is not unattractive. It has two vertical vent slots for each of the cubbies in the bench to cut down on bag or shoe smell. The lid has a little gap to allow for little fingers to not get smashed. The soft close requries some force to push it down, so do not fear that this might fall on hands or worse yet a head. Time will tell how the soft close arms last. This took me one hour to unbox and build. I used a drill and a screwdriver. I glued all contact edges for an extra solid feel. I am pretty handy and spatially adept at following directions. If you are not strong in these areas, I would say this might take 90 minutes. You will probably need a helping hand to put the lid on. You could probably lay it on its side and get the job done solo however. As far as the crack that people reported, mine did have a 4-5 inch crack on the back. I wasnt too concerned about it. This is just the price we pay for not paying a high in store price. I could see this running about 4–500 assembled in a store. You could probably get several sent to you with the same result. The wood seems to hold up well so far, but being real wood, I imagine it will only be a matter of time before my kids have a go at it.
Nice piece of furniture
Nice piece of furniture. Feels very solid and sturdy. Like someone else mentioned in the review comments, I also received a piece that had broken in the box. The piece that makes up the back was cracked. I contacted Simpli and the replacement piece arrived within a week. It took about an hour to put it together by myself without a drill. Do yourself and use a drill! It will compliment any room it is placed in.
Great product.
Beautiful piece of furniture. Solid too. No worries about little childrens fingers as I know someone had asked.
Nice looking piece
This piece looks very nice. Everything is hardwood except the bottom, which is semi-flexible thick cardboard (similar to bookshelf or entertainment center backings). I wouldnt put anything extremely heavy in there, but the bottom is well supported on all sides and it screws into the middle dividing boards, so it should be fairly sturdy. One thing that may not be totally clear from the pictures is that there are dividing boards on the inside that break up the interior into 3 evenly sized compartments, so you cant fit any large items like a thick comforter in there. Assembly was fairly straightforward, although the springs on the hinged top need to be installed in an order that is not given in the instructions (put the spring-side screws in first, then screw it into the lid last). The stickers labeling each piece are difficult to remove and leave a residue, although most are on interior surfaces. After constructing this on its side, it is uneven and rocks pretty significantly. We fixed this by putting different thicknesses of pads on different legs. When we got this at first, one of the pieces was broken, so we contacted the supplier directly (as they reasonably request) and they said it would be 8 weeks to replace that single piece. Instead of waiting that long, we decided to issue a return through , and they very quickly sent us a complete replacement.
Does not have any quality control
I love the product but very disappointed that quality control was absent. There is a long crack in V16F about 12 inches long and it goes through the the full piece of the wood.
Beautiful sturdy piece
Nice product. just wish it was more affordable what with inflation and all
Absolutely love it
I love the bench. Very acure style and sturdy. I did have to request an exchange because the first one has a Brocken piece but the exchange was easy and fast. Very satisfied with how it looks. Best of all, make great storage at my entry way for my daughter to store her toys before we leave the house.
Beautiful spacious sturdy
Love it. Super sturdy, easy to put together. And very spacious
It fit perfect in front of my bed really looks nice and the sheets fit perfectly inside
It was sort of easy to put up a little difficult little bit but once you re-look at the instructions it goes much better and for the money I spent for it is well worth it I think
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