May 12, 2012
northernvirginiamom
from Falls Church, VA,
Rating:1.0
I was so excited about this bench. I thought I had found the perfect bench for my mudroom. I loved the idea of reclaimed wood. However, when the bench arrived, I noticed in one of the planks that makes up the bench seat, a 3 inch by 3 inch cut "patch" of non-matching wood glued with putty in the middle of otherwise solid planks. It was wedged in there very nicely - I'm not complaining about that - and there's no chance of the patch of wood falling out. There are similar patches on the sides of the bench, but this one is right one top and there's no missing it. There was absolutely zero effort to match the grain of the wood. It is several shades darker than the surrounding wood and looks comical. We are tempted to keep it, as an absurdist/conversation piece but I would not have paid the > $200 price for something that looks WORSE than something I could have made myself.
I am so disappointed. It is almost as if there is zero quality control. I think I will be extremely wary of buying...
- Did the color match the color displayed onsite? More or less
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Not worth the price
- How accurate was the sizing? Fine