The instructions were clear, and all of the tools were accounted for but the lack of quality control in labeling the pieces is beyond crazy. A lot of the pieces were not labelled correctly. Piece 26 was actually piece 25, and piece 25 was actually 26. I had 6 pieces like this so this took me waaaayyy longer to build than I expected. You have to use a lot of common sense with this.
If you do buy this you have to take your time and CAREFULLY look at the pieces before you put them together. In my set, the top doors were labelled incorrectly. I noticed this as I was halfway drilling holes for the glass holder tabs because you guessed it, the doors DO NOT have pre-drilled holes for it. Now I have a door with 4 tiny little holes! While it is heavy it looks quite cheap when you get really close. The laminate that covers the wood feels very weak and it looks like it !!!!!! cannot touch water. AT ALL. This WILL bubble up if you leave wet stuff on it. Also, have a broom next to you as soon as this arrives. The Styrofoam padding they use is so CHEAP, as soon as you touch it crumbles and it leaves a MESS, EVERYWHERE. So imagine, about 90 mins assembling and another 30 cleaning up little pieces of static stuck Styrofoam pieces.
In all honesty this product is not worth its $170 price tag, $90 would be the most it should be worth. Only reason I bumped it to three stars was because of no missing pieces and it does not wobble when built.
Wheres The Quality Control?
The instructions were clear, and all of the tools were accounted for but the lack of quality control in labeling the pieces is beyond crazy. A lot of the pieces were not labelled correctly. Piece 26 was actually piece 25, and piece 25 was actually 26. I had 6 pieces like this so this took me waaaayyy longer to build than I expected. You have to use a lot of common sense with this. If you do buy this you have to take your time and CAREFULLY look at the pieces before you put them together. In my set, the top doors were labelled incorrectly. I noticed this as I was halfway drilling holes for the glass holder tabs because you guessed it, the doors DO NOT have pre-drilled holes for it. Now I have a door with 4 tiny little holes! While it is heavy it looks quite cheap when you get really close. The laminate that covers the wood feels very weak and it looks like it !!!!!! cannot touch water. AT ALL. This WILL bubble up if you leave wet stuff on it. Also, have a broom next to you as soon as this arrives. The Styrofoam padding they use is so CHEAP, as soon as you touch it crumbles and it leaves a MESS, EVERYWHERE. So imagine, about 90 mins assembling and another 30 cleaning up little pieces of static stuck Styrofoam pieces. In all honesty this product is not worth its $170 price tag, $90 would be the most it should be worth. Only reason I bumped it to three stars was because of no missing pieces and it does not wobble when built.