Hartford Buffet

I bought this buffet to go in the dining room of my new house. I like dark wood. This buffet was a perfect match for what I was looking for. It fits all my mother's china and table linens perfectly while looking stylish and sleek. Putting it together was a bit tricky, however. I had the two sides on the wrong ends. Drawer rails were tough to figure out. Thank goodness directions come with pictures! I put this together by myself ...might have been easier with another person. In any case, the hours of work paid off in spades.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Color was perfect. Listed as espresso and is beautiful
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. This buffet is great quality for the price.
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Description of product was completely accurate

Outstanding design with elegant, simple lines. Its contemporary looks is what we were looking for. We may change its hardware to brushed nickel to stand out nicely. Company coul easily used some help from Ikea to improve its assembly design, greener packaging and instructions. Reviews were accurate stating the endless pieces, long time to assemble, missing steps in instructions and more than one person to assemble. After some painful hours, piece is sitting beautifully in living room.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Color perfectly matched expectations
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Overall, very good quality and design. Makes our little condo look so fancy.
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Product was well described meeting our expectations.

Now that I have the buffet together, I am very happy with it. It's perfect for my room. During construction however, I had a huge urge to throw the pieces out in my front yard with a sign saying "you figure this out"! I have put other *** type bookcases and furniture together and so I am not a novice at this. The instructions were written in very small print and scrunched together and so it was easy to miss a step. Although I am very happy with the final product, I would think twice about buying from this company again (unless they improve their instructions) I wrote yes to the question whether I would recommend this to a friend - I would only recommend it however to friends with an enginerring type brain!

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Yes, color as expected
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. This product comes in MANY pieces, some particle board, some appear like more solid wood. While I was putting this together, I was concerned it would be wobbly and look cheap. In the end however, the buffet looks like more expensive furniture I saw at Pottery Barn or Pier One.
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Assembly required means you put every tiny piece together. You definitely need to people to do this.

We've been searching for a buffet table to fit in our dining room for a while, to replace our china cabinet. We wanted something more modern, less bulky, and functional with young kids around. Traditional furniture stores had none of what we wanted. The styles were either too traditional or the table did not have glass compartments and drawers. This table fulfills the functional needs and is very stylish. The installation did take some time, one person worked on it for over 5 hours. And you definitely need an electric screwdriver. The glass doors were not easy to line up as other reviewers mentioned. Once put together however, it's beautiful yet understated, highly functional in a casual dining room.

• How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Very close
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. Solid
• How accurate was the on site description of the product? Good