Difficult to Deal With, But Definitely Worth the Hassle!
I bought my cutio cabinet as an Warehouse deal. It said the packaging was heavily damaged, and it was, as advertised! I feel bad for whoever had to drag that box to the bottom of my steps - the box must weigh a good 200 pounds, given all the glass panels (which I assume are tempered). Anyway, they couldnt get the box any further and, being a single older woman, my only recourse was to unpack the thing, piece by piece, and set each item on the porch, hoping nothing would get chipped or broken on the way up the stairs. Im sure my neighbors were entertained! What they didnt say was that the bag of small parts, bolts, tools, etc. was missing from my shipment. I didnt know what to do - the box was totally destroyed and there was no way to send it back. So I called the parent company, , and they were extremely nice and helpful. For a small fee, I could get the bag of parts shipped to me. Problem solved. However, it was definitely a challenge trying to put this thing together by myself. The directions are only slightly better than no directions at all, so if you want to buy this, take a look at some of the ways others have put theirs together and save yourself some trouble. Anyway, I somehow managed to get this cabinet assembled correctly and guess what? Its truly lovely! I added some stick on LED lights to the bottom of each shelf, and it really looks very nice in the corner, with all my treasures in it! For the price I paid for it, even having to pay for the bag of parts (which arrived by express mail), it was still a smoking deal! Every piece was perfect, and if you take your time its possible to get it together without too many problems, though trying to add the glass panels to the base was very tricky. But I will tell you - if I can do it at my age on my own, anyone else can do it as well. I wouldnt advise having kids help with the assembly for safety purposes. I am extremely happy with my curio cabinet and the fact that I paid about half price for it just made me happier! Sorry, the photos of my cabinet came out sideways so you will have to look at them sideways - , you should add an edit button for images!
Difficult to Deal With, But Definitely Worth the Hassle!
I bought my cutio cabinet as an Warehouse deal. It said the packaging was heavily damaged, and it was, as advertised! I feel bad for whoever had to drag that box to the bottom of my steps - the box must weigh a good 200 pounds, given all the glass panels (which I assume are tempered). Anyway, they couldnt get the box any further and, being a single older woman, my only recourse was to unpack the thing, piece by piece, and set each item on the porch, hoping nothing would get chipped or broken on the way up the stairs. Im sure my neighbors were entertained! What they didnt say was that the bag of small parts, bolts, tools, etc. was missing from my shipment. I didnt know what to do - the box was totally destroyed and there was no way to send it back. So I called the parent company, , and they were extremely nice and helpful. For a small fee, I could get the bag of parts shipped to me. Problem solved. However, it was definitely a challenge trying to put this thing together by myself. The directions are only slightly better than no directions at all, so if you want to buy this, take a look at some of the ways others have put theirs together and save yourself some trouble. Anyway, I somehow managed to get this cabinet assembled correctly and guess what? Its truly lovely! I added some stick on LED lights to the bottom of each shelf, and it really looks very nice in the corner, with all my treasures in it! For the price I paid for it, even having to pay for the bag of parts (which arrived by express mail), it was still a smoking deal! Every piece was perfect, and if you take your time its possible to get it together without too many problems, though trying to add the glass panels to the base was very tricky. But I will tell you - if I can do it at my age on my own, anyone else can do it as well. I wouldnt advise having kids help with the assembly for safety purposes. I am extremely happy with my curio cabinet and the fact that I paid about half price for it just made me happier! Sorry, the photos of my cabinet came out sideways so you will have to look at them sideways - , you should add an edit button for images!