We just finished putting this together, it took several nights to complete. They estimate it will take 90 minutes to build; it took us 90 minutes to unpack, inventory the pieces the and clean the Styrofoam bits that get everywhere (were still finding them here there). They use sheets of Styrofoam to pack this but it breaks down in shipping handling and is just a mess.
Once you get unpacked, time to read the directions. Not great, luckily the pictures are pretty good so you can decipher from there what to do but there were times that the only reason I knew what to do was from previous experience building cabinets from scratch. You will need a drill! There were quite a few places that there was no pre-drilled holes for screws. Again, this is not an easy or intuitive item to put together so I would not recommend for someone with little or no experience and you certainly need 2 people to do it.
We bought this for extra cabinet space in our temporary rental and it is exactly what we needed. Its now got the microwave out of the way, opened up drawer space for us as the drawer is pretty big and we got some cabinets decluttered.
I am a 42 year old woman and I was able to put this together by myself in about 7 hours with zero breaks.
The cabinet itself is very thin, cheap wood. You will definitely need to anchor this to your wall. I was missing half the screws for the handles, but thankfully I had plenty on hand. I will be replacing the handles asap. Im not even kidding, the screws are heavier than the plastic handles.
There are several areas on the doors that look like crap. One area it appears they started to saw it, then changed their minds. I wasnt missing any pre-drilled holes, but there were areas in the instructions that required some common sense and deciphering....thankfully nothing I couldnt spend some time taking pieces back off to flip them around. The only area without holes is where you attach the glass to the doors, so make 100% sure youre screwing those on the correct side so you dont end up with weird holes all over the front of your door lol (they go on the same side as the pre-drilled, single hole, for the metal bracket).
Overall I am pleased with my cabinet, although Id never pay this price for it again nor would I recommend it to my friends at this price. At most it is worth $60.
I added contact paper and LED lights to my cabinet, the only things I actually loveeee about it and it didnt even come with either.
seems decent quality so far for pressed wood. nothing was broken or missing. the shade of cherry finish definitely did not match the rest of my cherry finished cabinets or trim work already in the room. it was not easy to assemble but overly difficult. definitely time consuming. and there werent holes pre-drilled to put the glass holder brackets in so I had to use a power drill to do that part even though instructions said no power tools necessary. the doors of the bottom cabinets dont set flush to each other. but I have extra storage now in what was an empty corner before so overall Im happy.
They sent me 2 because the ups wasnt careful the 1st time and its understandable because it weighs and comes in a big box from I dont know where... but in the 2nd they were more careful and everything arrived perfectly after a bit tedious to put together but the end was beautiful better than you imagine. I loveeee my Coffee Bar. .recommend
Went together fairly easy however cheaply made and the screws dont stay screwed in handles fall apart and it wobbles something fierce. Not worth the $money$.
It was a lot to put together but would have been a lot easier if the boards had been labeled like they were supposed to be. We could have avoided a lot of mistakes if parts we accurately labeled.
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good once complete but not an easy build
We just finished putting this together, it took several nights to complete. They estimate it will take 90 minutes to build; it took us 90 minutes to unpack, inventory the pieces the and clean the Styrofoam bits that get everywhere (were still finding them here there). They use sheets of Styrofoam to pack this but it breaks down in shipping handling and is just a mess. Once you get unpacked, time to read the directions. Not great, luckily the pictures are pretty good so you can decipher from there what to do but there were times that the only reason I knew what to do was from previous experience building cabinets from scratch. You will need a drill! There were quite a few places that there was no pre-drilled holes for screws. Again, this is not an easy or intuitive item to put together so I would not recommend for someone with little or no experience and you certainly need 2 people to do it. We bought this for extra cabinet space in our temporary rental and it is exactly what we needed. Its now got the microwave out of the way, opened up drawer space for us as the drawer is pretty big and we got some cabinets decluttered.
Its cheap, but it will do
I am a 42 year old woman and I was able to put this together by myself in about 7 hours with zero breaks. The cabinet itself is very thin, cheap wood. You will definitely need to anchor this to your wall. I was missing half the screws for the handles, but thankfully I had plenty on hand. I will be replacing the handles asap. Im not even kidding, the screws are heavier than the plastic handles. There are several areas on the doors that look like crap. One area it appears they started to saw it, then changed their minds. I wasnt missing any pre-drilled holes, but there were areas in the instructions that required some common sense and deciphering....thankfully nothing I couldnt spend some time taking pieces back off to flip them around. The only area without holes is where you attach the glass to the doors, so make 100% sure youre screwing those on the correct side so you dont end up with weird holes all over the front of your door lol (they go on the same side as the pre-drilled, single hole, for the metal bracket). Overall I am pleased with my cabinet, although Id never pay this price for it again nor would I recommend it to my friends at this price. At most it is worth $60. I added contact paper and LED lights to my cabinet, the only things I actually loveeee about it and it didnt even come with either.
not the same shade cherry
seems decent quality so far for pressed wood. nothing was broken or missing. the shade of cherry finish definitely did not match the rest of my cherry finished cabinets or trim work already in the room. it was not easy to assemble but overly difficult. definitely time consuming. and there werent holes pre-drilled to put the glass holder brackets in so I had to use a power drill to do that part even though instructions said no power tools necessary. the doors of the bottom cabinets dont set flush to each other. but I have extra storage now in what was an empty corner before so overall Im happy.
Its beautiful, I used it for my Coffee Bar
They sent me 2 because the ups wasnt careful the 1st time and its understandable because it weighs and comes in a big box from I dont know where... but in the 2nd they were more careful and everything arrived perfectly after a bit tedious to put together but the end was beautiful better than you imagine. I loveeee my Coffee Bar. .recommend
Falls apart easily
Went together fairly easy however cheaply made and the screws dont stay screwed in handles fall apart and it wobbles something fierce. Not worth the $money$.
Very nice stand.
Exactly the size I needed .recommend
A headache
It was a lot to put together but would have been a lot easier if the boards had been labeled like they were supposed to be. We could have avoided a lot of mistakes if parts we accurately labeled.
It looks nice I like it !!!!!!
A little difficult to assemble, but it met my expectations I recommend it .recommend
Completes the house
I like the size, color and shape. Very little cupboard space in my house. This adds so much to my home. Even counter space. .recommend
Looks elegant, worth your $money$
Sturdy .recommend
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