Super Island Plus with Raised Panel Doors & Drop Leaf

I was very happy with this item for the first couple of weeks even though it was difficult to assemble and some of the pieces did not fit very well and various adjustments had to be made. It looked great. Some of the wood is a bit darker than I expected but that is okay. Not all the wood is the same shade but that, too, is all right. The drawer is not as deep as I had expected but it is wide and still holds many small objects. The drop leaf has to be up all the time because if it goes down the drawer pops open even though the drawer is not very deep. There just is not enough room in the back for both the drawer and the drop leaf mechanism. Everything was fine until I moved it a couple of feet in order to sweep underneath it. One of the wheels fell off and the vertical corner piece (where the wheel was) shattered into several pieces resulting in the entire unit listing to the corner of the missing wheel. The opposite corner popped up and now this wheel went flying. With all this rocking back and forth the shelves in the large center section and the left side section came loose and fell down. Everything fell off the shelves. This jolted open the doors and items just flew out all over the kitchen floor. Now the entire interior looks as if is going to fall apart any moment. The bottom does not meet the frame and has little support and I am concerned that the entire thing will collapse at any time. It is so big and heavy that I have no idea how to send it back. I am so very disappointed. I need this for storage as well as counter space.

I love this island! Shipping was within 3 days! My mother and I read the instructions and it only took me about 4 hours to assemble. It looks great! Overall a fantastic value.The only problem I have had with this is the drawer - it seems to stick, however my boyfriend is going to replace the drawer slides - he thinks that will do it. Still very pleased and compared to similar islands at chain stores, this one is by far the best.

The packaging wasn't too great. When the item arrived I was missing 6 of the bolts needed for assembly and the finished front of one shelf was a bit damaged. To be fair though, I phoned the company as their paper says to do (we stand behind our product 100%...and they do!). A person answered, asked which part #'s were damaged/missing and had them shipped out via UPS right away. I received the replacement parts within a few days and finished assembling it. Assembly wasn't too bad, but you may want a second person to help out (I did it alone, I'm 35). It looks very nice once assembled. I installed a pot rack above it and it really made my kitchen look good. You have to oil the wood occasionaly (I have to order some of the oil) to help seal/preserve/harden it. If you don't have the $4-5000 a super nice island will cost you, then this is definitly the way to go. Looks rich/classy once assembled and is quite heavy (about 160lbs or so I think). I'd buy one again.