I bought 2 of these to set up as a little liquor cabinet. The construction was pretty straight forward. They dont give any guidance on front and back (the back has a rabbet or groove for the backboard along the sides top and bottom / pay attention as youre assembling). Id read the joints werent well engineered and I agree, the holes for the dowels were comically over/sized, as were the holes for the round cam lock nuts so the joints would be really weak, but Im hoping a little wood glue will make up for that. On the other had, the backboard had 16 remarkably precisely drilled holes that matched the wood frame exactly and added a lot of stability to the shelf. Theres no configuration of the three shelves that is big enough for a large liquor bottle, but it was easy enough to drill a few extra holes and make this a 2/shelf model. Im a little concerned about the 15 pound limit per shelf. Overall, its a reasonably attractive, functional, and very affordable little free/standing cabinet. But glue the joints and the backboard.
A pretty good little cabinet
I bought 2 of these to set up as a little liquor cabinet. The construction was pretty straight forward. They dont give any guidance on front and back (the back has a rabbet or groove for the backboard along the sides top and bottom / pay attention as youre assembling). Id read the joints werent well engineered and I agree, the holes for the dowels were comically over/sized, as were the holes for the round cam lock nuts so the joints would be really weak, but Im hoping a little wood glue will make up for that. On the other had, the backboard had 16 remarkably precisely drilled holes that matched the wood frame exactly and added a lot of stability to the shelf. Theres no configuration of the three shelves that is big enough for a large liquor bottle, but it was easy enough to drill a few extra holes and make this a 2/shelf model. Im a little concerned about the 15 pound limit per shelf. Overall, its a reasonably attractive, functional, and very affordable little free/standing cabinet. But glue the joints and the backboard.