LaRue Entertainment Console

This is a great piece! It looks fantastic! Took my husband 2 hrs to assemble (with power tools & my help). Easy enough to assemble...just takes time. Sold wood (except back & drawer sides/backs/bottoms), sophisticated and rich color, tons of storage space, the doors slide smoothly in the metal tracks (door bottoms have what look like tiny in-line skate wheels) An almost identical piece (by designer with mitered corners, but no metal tracks) currently sells at a place that rhymes with Broom & Cord for 3-4x what Overstock sells this for! The only knock I can give it is that it seems more tippy on carpet (I'm guessing due to the style of the base) than it might be if it had a leg at each of the four outside corners). Oh and one of the drawer backs arrived with a 6" side to side crack...a little wood glue and now it's fine. It's not noticable as it's a piece hidden internally and not one of the nice solid wood pieces that someone can see (those arrived perfectly!) After seeing this in my home, I would definitely puchase it again!

The La Rue is beautiful on the outside and appears to be sturdy, but I agree with the other poster that the interior sections are made of less-solid materials. Our console arrived with several pieces cracked, broken, or gouged, even though the packaging seemed more than sufficient. Overstock has said that they'll be replaced promptly, and judging by past purchases I imagine they will be. The directions were decent (not as bad as the ones with Plateau computer desk, reviewed elsewhere). Putting the La Rue together was time-consuming but not confusing. We've bought several pieces of furniture from Overstock. My spouse has just about had it with the dings and imperfections that occur in the shipping process and hates the DIY part, but if this piece holds together it's still a reasonably good deal because most of the imperfections are in less-exposed places. I find most media consoles ugly, and the only one I really loved, from********** *******, costs nearly 3x what we paid for the La Rue. I might have given it a 4-star review but I'm worried about the durability of the inside. Oh yes, the other reviewers are correct. The drawers are deep but aren't as useful as they might be.

This item is great and I really like it. It could easily be used for a media center with a massive TV. I have another piece of furniture already (I paid 3 times more than this for) for my TV, so I'm using this as a console in my dining room. It works and looks great and could be used for either application. You could put your hardware (stereo, DVD, HD cable box etc.. on the right side (the shelves adjust and there are cut outs so you can run all of your cables out of sight then out the back/bottom - perfect)). I put it together alone fine (i spread it out over 3 days through, it took a while).Now here's the bumps I hit... when it arrived the last piece in the last box that I unpacked had what looked like a scratch on it from top to bottom, it was one of the sides. On further inspection it was a cut right through the entire piece of wood, and with any pressure it would snap in half. Overstock customer support via their online chat option hooked me up. Within a day from reporting this problem they sent me an e-mail with the UPS tracking number for the replacement part that they were shipping me.That is the BEST service I've ever had online!! Now when the part arrived over a week later (due to weekends, holidays etc..) it was boxed up SOOO poorly, it was sticking out of the box and scrapping on the ground!! Luckily the scratches are hidden when I put it together, so bottom line is that I'm very happy with this and would have expected to pay twice as much or more for it it I'd seen it at a high end furniture store.

After shopping for months for an etertainment center that was unique looking yet functional I settled on this. It is great, assembly took a few hours. It looks great, and I love that I can close the doors and not see any electronics. The drawers are great for storage of toys.games. Awesome for the $$ again..another great deal from overstock.

• Did the color match the color displayed onsite? Yes
• How is the quality of the product? Excellent
• Did the description onsite accurately describe the product? Yes