Patience is a must with this item, but worth it in the end
Ive been wanting a hutch for a while to serve as a coffee/tea area as well as storage for small appliances we dont use on a daily basis. I researched for weeks and finally decided on this one because it was in my price range and despite all the warnings about the assembly it had great reviews.
Let me start by saying the 90 minute suggested time it will take to assemble in the instruction booklet is laughable. 4 hours after my husband finished it he made the comment that he will never complain about having to put furniture together again. The instructions were very confusing in some parts which caused a lot of frustration and profanity from both my husband and myself. They could have went with better handles, they are cheap plastic and I accidentally stripped the inside of one of them while attempting to screw it into a door. I will probably end up replacing the handles with something a little nicer. The back piece is basically cardboard, so I would suggest not having anything heavy lean up against up, unless of course you have it flat against a wall.
With that being said Im still happy with my purchase. I had some rustic wood contact paper I had on hand and decided to use that to spruce it up a little. I used that on the back attachment piece and to cover the brown trim.
Patience is a must with this item, but worth it in the end
Ive been wanting a hutch for a while to serve as a coffee/tea area as well as storage for small appliances we dont use on a daily basis. I researched for weeks and finally decided on this one because it was in my price range and despite all the warnings about the assembly it had great reviews. Let me start by saying the 90 minute suggested time it will take to assemble in the instruction booklet is laughable. 4 hours after my husband finished it he made the comment that he will never complain about having to put furniture together again. The instructions were very confusing in some parts which caused a lot of frustration and profanity from both my husband and myself. They could have went with better handles, they are cheap plastic and I accidentally stripped the inside of one of them while attempting to screw it into a door. I will probably end up replacing the handles with something a little nicer. The back piece is basically cardboard, so I would suggest not having anything heavy lean up against up, unless of course you have it flat against a wall. With that being said Im still happy with my purchase. I had some rustic wood contact paper I had on hand and decided to use that to spruce it up a little. I used that on the back attachment piece and to cover the brown trim.