Nice-looking, sturdy cabinet, but poor quality control on parts
I have assembled a lot of assemble-yourself furniture lately. (We moved into a house w/three bathrooms no medicine cabinets in any of them!) I previously purchased another little, white cabinet at a bricks mortar store that was a nightmare to assemble b/c literally nothing came pre-assembled. (You even had to put the four little legs on the base individually!) By contrast, THIS cabinet had very simple instructions and had a minimal number of small pieces to join. It is sturdy and even has four little corner brackets to screw into the back to make sure it doesnt wobble or list to one side. Overall, it is one of the better build-it-yourself pieces I have bought. If you can follow pictorial directions, you should be able to assemble it with no problem.
My only complaint is that two of the cam screws had bad threads and wouldnt bite when screwed in. They simply wouldnt screw in completely. I ended up hammering them in and actually recessing the plastic piece in the hole into which they screwed to get them in all the way. It took a little extra work, and it certainly shouldnt have been necessary. However, once I got those screws in all the way, everything was pretty easy. Still, I was irked that they would ship screws with bad threads. Grrr. The assembly took 90 minutes, but it would have taken 60 if those screws had been good.
On another note... I prefer opaque glass for bathrooms so you can store personal items without letting everyone see them. I purchased some frosted spray for the doors - the kind store windows use to spray snow on their windows around the holidays - and am pretty sure it will work well. It got shipped separately and will arrive in a couple of days.
The cabinet, though, meets exceeds my expectations. It looks really cute and is sturdier than many self-assembly pieces. Its a great size can store many items. I think those who complain about the sturdiness of it simply dont have a realistic expectation of a piece like this. It is meant to store things like toilet paper, boxes of tissues, soaps, hand lotions, etc. It isnt a bookcase and cant support the weight of very heavy objects. However, I dont think anyone who actually reads the details of this item should ever have those misguided expectations. I am quite pleased with the cabinet. It does what it sets out to do... to look stylish and hold light objects.
Nice-looking, sturdy cabinet, but poor quality control on parts
I have assembled a lot of assemble-yourself furniture lately. (We moved into a house w/three bathrooms no medicine cabinets in any of them!) I previously purchased another little, white cabinet at a bricks mortar store that was a nightmare to assemble b/c literally nothing came pre-assembled. (You even had to put the four little legs on the base individually!) By contrast, THIS cabinet had very simple instructions and had a minimal number of small pieces to join. It is sturdy and even has four little corner brackets to screw into the back to make sure it doesnt wobble or list to one side. Overall, it is one of the better build-it-yourself pieces I have bought. If you can follow pictorial directions, you should be able to assemble it with no problem. My only complaint is that two of the cam screws had bad threads and wouldnt bite when screwed in. They simply wouldnt screw in completely. I ended up hammering them in and actually recessing the plastic piece in the hole into which they screwed to get them in all the way. It took a little extra work, and it certainly shouldnt have been necessary. However, once I got those screws in all the way, everything was pretty easy. Still, I was irked that they would ship screws with bad threads. Grrr. The assembly took 90 minutes, but it would have taken 60 if those screws had been good. On another note... I prefer opaque glass for bathrooms so you can store personal items without letting everyone see them. I purchased some frosted spray for the doors - the kind store windows use to spray snow on their windows around the holidays - and am pretty sure it will work well. It got shipped separately and will arrive in a couple of days. The cabinet, though, meets exceeds my expectations. It looks really cute and is sturdier than many self-assembly pieces. Its a great size can store many items. I think those who complain about the sturdiness of it simply dont have a realistic expectation of a piece like this. It is meant to store things like toilet paper, boxes of tissues, soaps, hand lotions, etc. It isnt a bookcase and cant support the weight of very heavy objects. However, I dont think anyone who actually reads the details of this item should ever have those misguided expectations. I am quite pleased with the cabinet. It does what it sets out to do... to look stylish and hold light objects.