Coaster Home Furnishings - Appledale - 6-Shelf Curio Cabinet with Glass Shelves, Mirrored Back Panels and Wood Construction - Living Room - Medium Brown -3393

My only complaint about this cabinet is that when it came with all its hundreds of pieces I was so overwhelmed that I had to hire a teen to put it together for me. Once assembled, it's a terrific piece of furniture, and a steal at the price. It pieces are well cut and assemble cleanly. The finish is a well done, high gloss cherry. The mirrors in the sides add light in the dark corner where I put it. I should mention the packing too. It was almost excessively packed in boxes within boxes, then taped with multiple layers of corrugated cardboard on all flat surfaces and the glass pieces. It was very heavy when it arrived and took me awhile to drag into the house. It also took awhile to cut through all the tape and wrappings. However, the results were worth it; there was not a single ding, scratch, or scar of any type on any of the pieces. I think I should mention too, since there were so many pieces, that all of them were there. The piece is assembled, in place, and full of my treasures. I'm delighted and may even order a second matching piece.

Really lovely, we ordered a pair...and both required redrilling of some mounting holes, precision of matching the upper and lower cabinets suffered a bit and we had to stain edges in order to better cover the "mating" of the cabinet edges. The assembly instructions were written in micro-tiny type and not as clearly written as they might have been. That being said, they included all required hardware, and once assembled, look just gorgeous and one might guess they were worth up to 3 or 4 times the price. I would caution that these require two people to fully assemble, and at least one of the two people better be handy and have experience with cabinet assembly for best results. :-)

Phew! Just finished a marathon 6 hours of work putting this together. Most of the time was spent on trying to understand how to do this, since the instructions are very little. Just a one page with 4 diagrams, one each for the top and bottom half, one for placing the top over the bottom half and another for the (stupid) back panels. I say "stupid" since this is a corner cabinet, so it is best not to even use the cardboard back panels since it will hinder your ability to have a place to hold when and if you want to move the cabinet.Here are some pointers that may help you for easier assembly:1. The panels named E are not the same!. One of them will have four very small dots that are to be used for placing the door magnets. So when assembling the bottom half, remember that the E part with the small dots goes (upside down) on top of the bottom half.2. Install the magnets to the parts E and A before any assembly work. Actually it should be the first thing to do before anything else. Otherwise installing four tiny screws upside down inside the cabinet will be very very tough.3. The back mirrors are nice but they tend to rattle inside their slots, so I would suggest placing small paper inserts to stop the rattling. See picture attachedOtherwise...good luck. This is a nice challenge to have when you are feeling bored with crossword puzzles !!!

This cabinet looks terrific and is better than the first cabinet I had planned on. It also has an extra shelf which many of the other do not. The frame work is wood and not plastic, or pressed wood, or cardboard.The packaging of the box is intense, but since most of it is glass and mirror, they want it to arrive in good shape. I recommend you pull out the instructions, look at the front picture vs the instructions (tall pcs are on the top) and make certain they match up. Remember who ever writes up the instructions is not the same person who assembles the parts. There are 8 hardware pcs and lots of them. I suggest you get some custard style bowls to separate the pcs, makes it easier to be organized. Find all the wood pcs and make certain you have the correct amount that the instructions call for. Make certain all the glass and mirror pcs are whole. Unpack during the day, its easier to do this in the sunlight.If you find any problems with the packaging or if there is something missing, contact the company directly (Santa Fe Springs California) and don't bother with Amazon as they are not prepared to help you and will waste your time.If I could get this cabinet in the same color to match some other cabinets, I would order two more. They take up small footprint in the corner (so put on earthquake straps to prevent any accidents).I would recommend this cabinet to anyone, as my friends and family think its beautiful.

I agree with all the negative comments given by others, but I will add for the price, the company could have put solid wood backing instead of cherry colored papered cardboard, I made the backing out of Luan wood and had stain mixed to match the rest of the cabinet. Some of the piece's were not cut right on the lathe, and the tolerance where the cam's and screws go were to thin and broke easy. When I tried to put the glass shelving in, the holes for the 5mm plastic shelf supports were to big, I tried to buy 6mm(1/4") they were just a little to big for the holes and 5mm to small, and the flat surface of the shelf supports the glass is to rest on is so small I worry about putting anything on the shelf for fear of shelf falling and breaking my precious items, So now what do I do, I can not find a number to get my problem resolved and Amazon can't do anything. The Coaster Company does not want to stand behind their products otherwise they would put a number on their site where we can call and get parts needed or replaced. Also the instructions could have been clearer. If I had it to do over I would pay a little more and go to a furniture store.