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Friday, December 16, 2011

Solid Wood Sideboard - Unfinished FREE SHIPPING! From Furniture Woodworks

Solid Wood Sideboard - Unfinished FREE SHIPPING!
From Furniture Woodworks





Product Description Solid Wood Sideboard

Accent your dining table with our all-wood sideboard or use this lovely piece of furniture in any room. A great value, this unfinished sideboard offers cabinet storage and a display area for beverages, buffets or desserts.

Product Details Solid Wood Sideboard

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #185970 in Home
  • Brand: Furniture Woodworks
  • Model: JCSIDEBOARD
  • Dimensions: 34.00" h x 44.00" w x 18.00" l,

Features

  • Features raised panel wood doors
  • All wood construction
  • Solid pine
  • Easy to finish
  • Easy to assemble; pictorial instructions included

Customer Reviews Solid Wood Sideboard

Most helpful customer reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
4Great Sideboard for the price
By G. J. Ward
I spent months trying to find a solid wood sideboard for my very small dining room. This product seemed to fit the bill perfectly. It shipped very quickly and all pieces were in tack when package arrived. It took my husband almost 3 hours to put together and the directions were a little difficult to understand but we did figure it out. The doors were very difficult to align with one another and are still not perfect but for the price I wasn't expecting perfection. I spray painted the entire piece (before putting it together) to match the decor of my home and was very pleased with how it came out. I also purchased different knobs that add a little flair. All in all I recommend for small spaces.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
5Teacher
By Becky H
A very nice product. I will definitely be purchasing from this company again. When we received the package there was a duplicate piece and a missing piece (two pieces that looked almost identical, just a couple of drill holes made it difference *an easy mistake to make* ). Some of the best customer service I have ever had. I emailed the company and they shipped me the missing piece immediately free of charge and shipping. Be accurate placing and screwing pieces together and you will have a sturdy piece of furniture. My son who is 40 lbs was laying inside on the floating shelf and it held perfectly. I put a lot of my weight on it (over a hundred pounds) and no movement. I lifted it, I pulled it, I pushed it; this is a very solid piece of furniture. For the price, it was way more than I expected. Thank you to the company for the current purchase and I look forward to buying from you again. By the way, having it available on Amazon is very convenient and is very helpful.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
5Lovely and Versatile
By Katie
Bought 2 of these back in March. One is in my kitchen for extra storage and a microwave stand with plenty of room inside and on top. The second one is in my sewing area and it holds ALOT of material neatly and easy to get to.
It took my husband a few hours to put it together, but then he takes everything very s-l-o-w-l-y, but he did say is was easy.
Great additiion to my new house.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Winsome Wood Timber Storage Cabinet From Winsome Wood

Winsome Wood Timber Storage Cabinet

Winsome Wood Timber Storage Cabinet
From Winsome Wood

List Price: $379.00
Price: $181.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25

Product Description

A versatile wood cabinet from Winsome's new Timber collection in matte black finish and brushed steel pulls. The top is beveled and the legs carved to add an upscale look to the pieces. The cabinet with inside shelf, is designed for use as media storage, linen storage, additional storage for dinnerware when paired with the matching buffet table.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #8811 in Home
  • Color: Black
  • Brand: Winsome Wood
  • Model: 20136
  • Number of items: 1
  • Dimensions: 40.00" h x 18.00" w x 36.00" l, 90.00 pounds

Features

  • Stylish multi-use storage cabinet with adjustable shelf and drawers
  • Made of solid and composite woods with Matte Black finish and brushed-steel hardware
  • Design details include beveled top, beadboard-style sides, and carved legs
  • Ready to assemble with included tools
  • Measures 36 inches wide by 18 inches deep by 40 inches high

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description
Classic design elements get a stylish modern update in Winsome Wood’s Timber furniture collection. Made of solid and composite wood with a matte black finish, each sturdy piece features clean, strong lines accented by bevel-edged tops, beadboard-inspired sides, and sculpted square legs. This multipurpose storage cabinet works throughout the house to hold anything from towels and toiletries to cocktail supplies to board games and toys. Brushed-steel cup pulls open the two doors and two lower drawers, and a sturdy interior shelf adjusts for easy customizing. This piece measures 36 inches wide by 18 inches deep by 40 inches high. Assembly is required with included tools.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
4Nice linen cabinet in dining area
By T. STMARIE

I ordered this because of the great price and the dimensions were perfect
for the space we had available in the dining room.
The top section is fully open so large items and linens can have the full
width of the cabinet if needed.
The drawers are nice for smaller items, candlesticks, napkin rings , etc.
The cabinet is very sturdy and well done especially if you take the time to
put it together correctly. Assembly was easy for anyone who's handy. Nice!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
4Well packaged piece. Some assembly issues. Fair quality.
By Frank Riese
SUMMARY
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Well packaged piece, with some assembly difficulties. Looks very close to the way it is pictured online. Overall material quality is okay.

DETAILS
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Some of the parts of this cabinet aligned poorly and wouldn't sit quite flush. One of the side walls was missing two drill holes. I was able to put it together eventually and I think it is sturdy enough to last for a while, but I don't think it would very well be disassembled, transported and put together in the same shape again. When put together, it looks like pictured. Color is a shiny, deep black, as pictured. You are able to see the grain of the wood a little. I am not judging this to be good or bad, as it depends on personal preference for me, but quality wise one can probably objectively state that this is better than press wood with glued on panels.

Assembly instructions state that assembly requires two people. It took two hours by myself, with little trial and error. Tools for assembly consists of screws and a hex key. When using the included hex key, you often need to reach into places to tighten screws that only allow you to turn the hex key by less than 90 degrees, which consumes most of the time for assembly. Using tools that allows you to fasten these screws without removing and re-inserting the hex key would probably as much as half the assembly time.

Some of the boards are not very thick. The side walls and the board horizontally separating the drawers and the upper part of the inside are particularly thin; about 1-2/8th of an inch. When I applied little pressure on it, it would give off a crackling sound. The drawers' back ends push up against that aforementioned thin piece of horizontal board and I think, if they are loaded too much and drawn out would break or crack it.

The hinges come already screwed to the left and right boards making up the sides of the cabinet and are not adjustable as in some furniture in order for the doors to close tightly, so one needs to make sure that all other pieces sit perfectly flush and at 90 degree angles. As mentioned above, some of the pieces I was not able to align perfectly flush against each other.

The backside of the cabinet consists of two slightly flexible pressed wood sheets that the instructions ask you to nail against the back frame of the cabinet, as in many other furniture pieces.

The packaging of the parts seemed good. All of the boards were separated with thin foam sheets that kept the parts from being scratched well enough. Delivery was on time.

Here is a breakdown for the rating I chose to give this product. I personally don't care about the amount of effort I have to put into assembling a piece of furniture, as long as it is sturdy and looks good afterwards, if the assembly instructions are followed, so I did not include ease of assembly" in the assembly category.

LOOK + QUALITY (4/5)
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I will try to avoid going too much into matters of personal taste in order to keep this review objective. The assembled piece seems to look very close to the way it is pictured online. Online pictures, as often, did not allow a close inspection of the quality of the parts. After assembly, even though some of the pieces did not sit perfectly flush, one would need to take a very close look to be able to detect these flaws.

Quality of pieces and material seems okay. Some pieces are pretty thin. Wood appears to be solid (except for the back panels), not press wood, with some visible wood graining. Paint of the pieces was even and deep black, with the slight shine to it that is visible in the online pictures. Handles are metal.

ASSEMBLY (2/5)
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Assembly according to the included instructions had the obstacles of pieces badly aligning and two drill holes missing, as mentioned above. In many other reviews of furniture I have often seen a small portion of negative reviews mentioning missing drill holes such as these and I had my doubts, if the fault lay with the reviewers, but it does seem to occur. I cannot speak for how often it occurs with this manufacturer or this particular piece of furniture, but I did confirm that the holes were missing in my piece. I was able to assemble this piece, but I am a bodybuilder and strong enough to cleanly screw in the screws into the wood with the included hex key, without the drill holes. The alignment issues I mentioned above did not stem from these missing drill holes, as I was not able to cleanly align the pieces before putting in all but these particular screws.

After assembly, the doors were slightly off, enough to be noticeable when opening and closing, but not enough to detect by visual inspection when closed. Some correction of this issue was possible by adjusting the two magnets that hold the doors shut and are screwed into the bottom side of the top board.

PACKAGING (5/5)
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Packaging of the pieces was very compact and individual boards were well protected from damaging other pieces, such as scratching against each other during delivery.

OVERALL RATING: 3.7
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
5Rich look and solid
By CC
Very nice piece. Solid with a beautiful color with a large interior space. Drawers stick a bit so be sure and install properly.