I was a little intimidated by the reviews saying how terrible the instructions were; but if you have ever bought anything from
then this is pretty much the same concept. Although slightly easier? In my shipment about 95% of the items were labeled with a sticker and one of the pieces
had a stamp to identify the corresponding item with the items listed on the instructions. I used the photographs from the sale page to help clear up any doubts as to what went where and it actually helped a ton and i would highly suggest doing so when you put it together. (like where exactly does the interior table hinge sit for example)
I had a bunch of left over screws which was odd but from what i can tell i didnt skip a step. The wooden pegs to help join the wood together are only listed in the instructions under the parts section (and then displayed twice in the illustrations but there were so many of them included; Im sure I overlooked one section that should have had them used) so i would suggest that before you begin joining pieces together that you check to see if their are any predrilled holes for the wood pegs to go in.
The only difficult part was understanding how to put the roof together. I saved it for last just because it made sense to me since it was the final cherry on the cake; even though one of the first steps in the instructions is the assembly of the roof parts.
after about two hours I was able to fully assemble it on my own. But I do have some building experience.
As a product, it was the best price I found and compact enough not to be too over bearing on our balcony. I used it to store a broom and a mop and bucket and a leaf blower that we kept handy but was a bit of an eyesore, and to store random stuff as well that we kept on the balcony but had no place to store out of eyes view. It was not tall enough though to fit one of my larger brooms handle, but was able to hang it on the side hooks. The extending table is a little useless though as it is not very sturdy with the one leg as support (and I dont think ill put a drink there as the ad suggests nor would i use it to keep my power drill) so I may remove it and put another hook rack in its place to utilize more storage space. Also the color is not my favorite, so going to see if I can paint the exterior a nice clean white. I am super happy with this purchase and think its a great product over all. Delivery to NY was quite fast. less than a week.
Great Value and very practical
I was a little intimidated by the reviews saying how terrible the instructions were; but if you have ever bought anything from then this is pretty much the same concept. Although slightly easier? In my shipment about 95% of the items were labeled with a sticker and one of the pieces had a stamp to identify the corresponding item with the items listed on the instructions. I used the photographs from the sale page to help clear up any doubts as to what went where and it actually helped a ton and i would highly suggest doing so when you put it together. (like where exactly does the interior table hinge sit for example) I had a bunch of left over screws which was odd but from what i can tell i didnt skip a step. The wooden pegs to help join the wood together are only listed in the instructions under the parts section (and then displayed twice in the illustrations but there were so many of them included; Im sure I overlooked one section that should have had them used) so i would suggest that before you begin joining pieces together that you check to see if their are any predrilled holes for the wood pegs to go in. The only difficult part was understanding how to put the roof together. I saved it for last just because it made sense to me since it was the final cherry on the cake; even though one of the first steps in the instructions is the assembly of the roof parts. after about two hours I was able to fully assemble it on my own. But I do have some building experience. As a product, it was the best price I found and compact enough not to be too over bearing on our balcony. I used it to store a broom and a mop and bucket and a leaf blower that we kept handy but was a bit of an eyesore, and to store random stuff as well that we kept on the balcony but had no place to store out of eyes view. It was not tall enough though to fit one of my larger brooms handle, but was able to hang it on the side hooks. The extending table is a little useless though as it is not very sturdy with the one leg as support (and I dont think ill put a drink there as the ad suggests nor would i use it to keep my power drill) so I may remove it and put another hook rack in its place to utilize more storage space. Also the color is not my favorite, so going to see if I can paint the exterior a nice clean white. I am super happy with this purchase and think its a great product over all. Delivery to NY was quite fast. less than a week.