Elegance Double Door Floor Cabinet

This is a very nice piece of furniture. I put it in the living room to hold photo albums. The doors add dimension with the webbing on the front of them. Because of the side spindles that hold the top on, the cabinet feels "airy". The color is definitely not a blah brown as pictured...it's a deep maroon/black. Very pretty but not what I expected. Also, the pic on the site makes it look like the sides stick out a bit, but they don't. The front sides have a smooth cut out that makes it an optical illusion. All in all, I'm happy with the piece. The price was okay, it was fairly easy to put together (be sure to put the second out-in-the-open shelf magnet holes facing the front...duhhh, oops...lol), but the color is off. I like it!

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? color didn't match picture on site very well because it's maroon/black
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. quality seems good
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? matched well

1st and foremost: DON'T purchase this for anywhere brightly lit/sunny etc.. CONS: The finish is inconsistent and there are gouges in the wood that have been stained over so the color is darker in those areas. The round decorative posts on the upper sides are spray stained and that is done very sloppily and there is almost NO stain on some of the lower 1/4" of those posts (of course facing outward) Some of the pieces (yes, some that show) have dinged corners so you need to have touch up markers to cover the nicked off stain. If you think this is going to be bumped with a vacuum cleaner this is not a good idea either as the wood is VERY soft. The top of the left door needs to be sanded down and recolored due to it's not fitting properly where the hinges appear to be attached a bit high. There is actually a piece that has cotton fragments (from a handlers glove? they were aware??) stuck in a split edge which has great splinter potential while putting this together. The bottom of the upper shelf (which will be hidden) has SOMETHING spilled on it and dried which looks awful but again that will never be seen. (I do picture framing on the side so I have the means to correct/clean up the dings and dents, do you?) PROS: $$$ with free shipping. Easy to put together. If you have a power drill you can get through the actual construction in 20-30 mins if you have an eye for this kind of thing and once you have cleaned up the corners,dings and scratches. Placed properly and if you are careful not to hit/bang it with anything it should be a decent piece, just don't plan on it's being a focal point again due to the inconstancy's in the stain.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? considerably more red with dent/dings that have been stained over.
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. I've seen better but again.. you get what you pay for.
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? other than Overstock saying "don't expect much" it's pretty accurate...

The finish is not as nice as I would have preferred. It was easy to assemble. It was missing the machine screws for attaching the nobs, but we are going to replace the nobs with metal knobs, so it was of no real consequence. Good value for a small narrow cabinet--exactly what I was looking for.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? The finish has a lot of red in it--more than is apparent in the picture.
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Decent quality--a few nicks and scratches and one chip out of a part (but it doesn't show)
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Other than color, the picture and site description was very accurate.

The item was shipped in appropriate packaging and was received on the date which was expected. The cabinet was fairly easy to put together, however some of the connections are not tight.