Oversized 5 Drawer Chest - Cherry
From Home Source Industries
Enhance your bedroom decor with this Tiffany 5 Drawer Cherry Chest.. 5-drawer design provides ample room for storing and organizing your personal items.. This Is Elegant And The Perfect Choice For Any Room.. Strong Construction.
Amazon Sales Rank: #674930 in Kitchen & Housewares Color: Cherry Brand: Shopper's World
Laminate over fiberboard construction, directions could be more clear The dimensions of this chest are 54" H x 19" D (at the drawers) x 36" W. The five drawers are 7" H (measuring inside the drawer for how high your clothes could go) x 13.5" D x 33" W. The chest arrived in two VERY HEAVY boxes. I used a furniture dolly to bring them into the house and then unwrapped the parts in the largest room of my house so I could spread them out. I then read the directions. Well, that's not true...I looked at the directions. There are very few words. Items are labeled A-S. The directions are a series of 4 steps, in diagram form with the parts labeled. You're on your own to figure out what tools you need , but I found it was helpful to have a cordless drill with a phillips head bit, a larger flathead handheld screwdriver, wood glue (it comes with some, but mine was dried out and they don't tell you where to put it...), and three or more containers for screws. Once you have counted your parts to make sure you have them all, I suggest moving to the room where the chest will be ultimately placed. You'll put the drawers together first. The first one took me 30 minutes, but by the fifth one I had it down to 8 minutes. I'm sure expert builder-types would have this done in half the time. The metal slides are installed already on the drawers and the cabinet parts, so they only thing you really have to do it screw the back to the sides, slide in the bottom, attach the drawer pull - NOT METAL by the way, the pull is made of gray plastic - attach the front to the sides and then flip it over and put a brace on the bottom. When putting the front of the drawer to the sides there's a round, metal recessed 'catch' with a phillips head on the top, that seats in the hole and essentially grabs a screw that is dropped into it. You turn the recessed phillips head and feel it engage. I"m sure there's a name for these, but I don't have a clue what it is and nowhere in the directions did it say how to use them. When constructing the chest itself I put the top together with the sides first, putting it face down. I worked my way from the top to the bottom, adding the back pieces and not completely tightening the crosspieces until I got to the bottom one. The last part is to screw tiny braces on the back of the chest. The finished product is tall: 54" and that's the "oversized" part. The fit and finish is what you'd expect from laminate over fiberboard. I don't think this item will be in the family for years and years, but it's functional. I would hate to have to move it as A.) it's heavy and B.) certain parts wouldn't do well with being bumped around. Overall I'd say it's a fairly priced piece of 'you-build-it' furniture. I wish I had the $1200 for the chest I really wanted, but for under $200 and a few hours of work, It's OK. UPDATE: 12/05/09 This piece of furniture has held up fairly well to daily use, however one drawer, which didn't go together easily due to a poor initial fit of the pre-constructed parts, has fallen apart twice. I tried wood glue the first time, but eventually had to use both small nails and screws to reinforce it enough to hold together. The chest tends to wobble (it is on carpet) when drawers are opened and closed, and the finish is rippling a bit in spots (it sits next to a 20 gallon freshwater fish tank). I still feel it's "OK" for what you pay for it and the size, but if you can afford better, look elsewhere for long-term durability and value.
