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4.5
Easy to assemble, well labeled pieces and easy to follow directions. This cabinet is nice and sturdy and has great storage space. The drawers slide easily, the doors shut easily and stay shut and the stainless steel top is very sturdy. I’m very pleased with this purchase!Beautiful product. Just as described. Sturdy, heavy, elegant, and useful. The wood is quite nice, well finished…I’d call it “handsome-casual.” Much more beautiful than anticipated. I ordered it with the stainless top. Perfect extra cabinet for sodas (bottom shelf); dry stores and metal baking pans (top shelf); plus two very nice drawers on rollers. Stainless top is great for a countertop oven/toaster, etc. Great balance for male and female tastes (grace, sturdiness, style, etc.). It took some real time to put together, but very doable. Just go slow. It’s not that it’s hard, it just takes time. I took half a day with breaks doing it completely alone. Clicks together on top and bottom with bolts and cam locks; the rest sits almost suspended like a puzzle (with only a few bolts and screws). Cool design. Bolts not visible from front or side exterior. Allen wrench provided; need your own medium sized Phillips head screw driver. If you have one of those leveraging Allen wrench sets, it will be easier (but not necessary—I did it without, slowly). Gorgeous piece in the end. Exceeded expectations!It was a little bit of a pain to assemble by myself, I had to have my daughter assist a bit, however, I love the quality and the fully assembled product is nice! Rich stained wood, real wood! Love the stainless steel top!I always like a project, this was well packaged and ready to go. I took me one evening to put the main cabinet together and a second to do the drawers. I like the coloring and it feels very solid when complete. I did add glue to most of the dowel joints to give it more strength. I like the color and finish on the wood.I love this item. It arrived without any damage, it nice and sturdy and a very good item for the kitchen.The end result is a nice looking piece of furniture, though I almost threw it off the balcony several times trying to put it together. I put together a lot of furniture, and I'm an engineer so I'm not exactly a dummy. Whatever engineer wrote the assembly instructions obviously needs a better tech writer. They skip steps, have implied actions, poor illustrations, and just overall suck. I had to back track several times as I would get to steps and realize I didn't do an earlier step correctly so I had to start all over again. The diagrams are just not clear and you will get to a point and realize some piece needs to be turned around to work and you have to disassemble it to fix it.TLDR: Great product, horrible assembly instructions.Cabinet was perfect for what I needed BUT it is a little difficult to put together. Took me about an hour. It was a gift so I didn't complete the installation until it got to the destination because it requires leveling to ensure the doors in the front will close. Leveling didn't help the doors close perfectly so we need to press them to stay closed. The bottom has an adjustable shelf. To fit liquor bottles ours is on the highest adjustment leaving just a shorter shelf for glasses, mini bottles or smaller liquor bottles. the stainless steel top is heavy and the hardware looks nice. For the price, it is perfectEasy to put together. My only con is that the top stainless steel shelf piece was not properly aligned to the wood piece, it was slightly crooked, but once it was in place it was not that noticeable. Very sturdy. The drawers are on the small side, so don't plan on putting too much in them. The shelves are a good size to hold all of the extras. Overall I am happy with it.
