I ordered two of these -- one for either side of my fireplace. The look is gorgeous and it matches our television console almost exactly. The wood is solid and the color, although a bit darker than it seems in the picture, is rich and warm.
Im one of those crazy people who loves assembling furniture, but this cabinet tried my patience. Everything went together pretty nicely except for the doors. On the first cabinet, I figured out that the pre-drilled holes benefited from a little extra drilling on my part. On the second cabinet, though, I discovered that A) they had sent me two left doors (easily remedied as theyre basically identical, but I did have to mark and drill my own holes for placement of the magnet strip for the door latch) and B) the hinge holes were off by about a sixteenth of an inch, which made the doors not close or line up. If it were a bigger difference, it would have been easier to redrill new holes in proper place, but since it was so close, it requires filling current holes with wood filler, waiting for it to dry, and redrilling new holes. UG. Not fun. Im still giving these four stars, though, because despite the horrible snafus with the doors (I apologize to my family and pets for all the frustrated grumbling), the final outcome is nice looking furniture that isnt made of MDF.
Great cabinets despite torturous assembly
I ordered two of these -- one for either side of my fireplace. The look is gorgeous and it matches our television console almost exactly. The wood is solid and the color, although a bit darker than it seems in the picture, is rich and warm. Im one of those crazy people who loves assembling furniture, but this cabinet tried my patience. Everything went together pretty nicely except for the doors. On the first cabinet, I figured out that the pre-drilled holes benefited from a little extra drilling on my part. On the second cabinet, though, I discovered that A) they had sent me two left doors (easily remedied as theyre basically identical, but I did have to mark and drill my own holes for placement of the magnet strip for the door latch) and B) the hinge holes were off by about a sixteenth of an inch, which made the doors not close or line up. If it were a bigger difference, it would have been easier to redrill new holes in proper place, but since it was so close, it requires filling current holes with wood filler, waiting for it to dry, and redrilling new holes. UG. Not fun. Im still giving these four stars, though, because despite the horrible snafus with the doors (I apologize to my family and pets for all the frustrated grumbling), the final outcome is nice looking furniture that isnt made of MDF.