Beautiful piece, but the poor design makes for difficult assembly.
The piece is beautiful and looks just like the picture after its assembled. However, this design on this is poor which makes assembly difficult and frustrating. The holes for the cam locks to go into to catch and secure the cam bolts are misaligned, making it nearly impossible to catch the bolt heads. If you dont get it to catch, there is nothing holding the pieces together, so you have to force it to work. If you force it (basically by bending the cam lock), it causes the wood to bulge and crack on the other side. Thankfully all of my cracks are on the inside, so it doesnt detract from the appearance, but it definitely should not be like that.
More than half of the S screws that secure into piece 4 dont catch, they just spin and spin. I was only able to get a few to secure in.
Pieces 7 and 8 (the sides/legs) came pre/secured with cam bolts and cam locks and they were loose and unable to be tightened for some reason. Hopefully the piece will remain sturdy.
Also, if you hate Styrofoam, dont buy this. The box is loaded with messy, static/y, noisy, earth/killing Styrofoam that was enough to fill three full trash bags.
The manufacturer could learn a thing or two from furniture.
Positives:
/ I like that the bags of hardware are all nicely organized and lettered, which make them easy to find and follow the directions.
/ If you can manage to get it together, the whole piece looks exactly like the pictures and seems sturdy enough.
Beautiful piece, but the poor design makes for difficult assembly.
The piece is beautiful and looks just like the picture after its assembled. However, this design on this is poor which makes assembly difficult and frustrating. The holes for the cam locks to go into to catch and secure the cam bolts are misaligned, making it nearly impossible to catch the bolt heads. If you dont get it to catch, there is nothing holding the pieces together, so you have to force it to work. If you force it (basically by bending the cam lock), it causes the wood to bulge and crack on the other side. Thankfully all of my cracks are on the inside, so it doesnt detract from the appearance, but it definitely should not be like that. More than half of the S screws that secure into piece 4 dont catch, they just spin and spin. I was only able to get a few to secure in. Pieces 7 and 8 (the sides/legs) came pre/secured with cam bolts and cam locks and they were loose and unable to be tightened for some reason. Hopefully the piece will remain sturdy. Also, if you hate Styrofoam, dont buy this. The box is loaded with messy, static/y, noisy, earth/killing Styrofoam that was enough to fill three full trash bags. The manufacturer could learn a thing or two from furniture. Positives: / I like that the bags of hardware are all nicely organized and lettered, which make them easy to find and follow the directions. / If you can manage to get it together, the whole piece looks exactly like the pictures and seems sturdy enough.