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Simple Living Portland Glass Door Cabinet - N/A
Ordered 2, one was damaged upon arrival (not in transit-- box was pristine, but damaged in the box). I'm hoping it can be returned without issue. Went ahead and assembled the other and asked for a replacement cabinet (not a refund) for the one that was damaged.
The good: I ordered the red and it is really the PERFECT deep red I was hoping it would be-- not too orange, not too wine. Kind of a dark, candy apple red.. It also looks like a much more expensive piece than it is once it's assembled.
The bad: If you so much as look at it crossways, you will ding the finish. Fortunately, I recognized that when I was taking it out of the box, so I was very, very, very, very, VERY careful when putting it together. It comes really well packed in styrofoam, and I ended up using the packing materials to cushion it when I was assembling it. There are still a couple of tiny nicks where I dinged it with my cordless drill/ screwdriver while assembling it, but nothing noticeable. But really, BE CAREFUL when you're assembling. Really.
The assembly: Amazing, actually. When I began unpacking and saw it was made in China and there were spelling errors in the instructions, I had my doubts. That said, I was really impressed with the assembly, and I did it myself. Took about 2 hours because I got ahead of myself and didn't read all the way through the directions, so I had to backtrack a couple of times, but if I'd been more careful I could have had it done in about an hour, I think. Each individual part you need is labeled or numbered, so there's no way you can mess up which screw you need for which part of the assembly. There are a couple of tricky parts that you want to be careful on, and it really doesn't "sturdy up" until you get the top on, but have faith, it will come together. The diagrams that come with the instructions aren't 100-percent clear at first glance, but if you take a sec and really look at the picture compared to the part you have, it makes sense. The only other part I'm not crazy about are the handles-- kind of an ugly fake brass, but that's an easy change.
I probably wouldn't recommend this for every day heavy duty use, but for me, I'm using it to display crystal and I can envision putting a cloth on the top and using it as extra serving space for big parties or something like that. For that type of use it's a steal. I'm pleased and would purchase again.
One thing to note-- you WILL want a cordless drill/ screwdriver for this. If I'd had to put all those screws in by hand I'd still be working on it.