Eugene Accent Table Natural

Important tips: I coated the thread of the wood screws with a LITTLE bit of liquid dish detergent, because the screws were difficult to screw in--the coating made it much easier. Also, coated the two male wooden dowels for the two dowel joints. Had to go backwards and loosen up a couple of screws and jockey the parts around a bit to get the trays properly fitted into the tray slots. Do not coat the screws for the knobs. "Open your "patience drawer" and fill up one of your pockets with some patience." (Or, better yet, give it to your kid to take to his wood working shop class in school and let them put it together--just kidding.) Take care that you put it together on a table or work surface with any kind of material or padding to protect the work surface and your new accent/end table--you do not want to mar the surface and finish of your work surface or your new table. It is truly the natural wood color. I am pleased with the table. The table came properly and adequately packaged to protect it during shipping. It is not flimsy or shaky, however, it will not withstand a nuclear blast. Some of the parts are "composite" and not solid wood--if that is what you want, you will have to double or triple the price. This table is exactly what I wanted and needed, and I think it looks very nice.

The only parts that are actually nice solid wood are the table top, the 4 sides of the drawer and the frame (legs). The BOTTOM of cabinet, BOTTOM of drawer, both SIDES of entire cabinet, BACK of entire cabinet, and (most disappointingly) the FRONT of the cabinet door are CHEAP PARTICLE BOARD. Ugggh. This one fooled me. They almost made a decent piece of furniture. The weight limit of the inside of the cabinet part is 15 lbs-there's no way. If I press lightly with my hand, the particle board buckles. So, a pretty big footprint, yet doesn't hold much of what I needed it to. Unfortunately I ordered 2. There are some chips and defects to the wood. You can't change the orientation of the door because the door comes built into the frame already. Smell never dissipated and made me ill. Regret this purchase.

I hated that the screws were squeaky when screwing them in, and a couple pieces (2) came slightly cracked (middle of second picture is one of them) They're cracked just enough to weaken the integrity, but not enough that I had a problem with assembly. This is a very light/thin piece of furniture; but I won't be loading a bunch of stuff into it or moving it around, so I'm not TOO concerned about the crack. I didn't realize the sidewalls and bottom of drawer/bottom of cupboard would be so thin. I think next time I'll go all out and get some heavy duty/sturdy nightstands, but overall I'd say it's a decent buy for $50.

I hated that the screws were squeaky when screwing them in, and a couple pieces (2) came slightly cracked (middle of second picture is one of them) They're cracked just enough to weaken the integrity, but not enough that I had a problem with assembly. This is a very light/thin piece of furniture; but I won't be loading a bunch of stuff into it or moving it around, so I'm not TOO concerned about the crack. I didn't realize the sidewalls and bottom of drawer/bottom of cupboard would be so thin. I think next time I'll go all out and get some heavy duty/sturdy nightstands, but overall I'd say it's a decent buy for $50.

This is a HUGE bargain! Make no mistake, it is not hand crafted by a world class carpenter. But you didn’t pay for that either! If you need to put your lamp, books, flashlight, pen paper and phone charger on or in it you simply can’t do better.AssemblyI built two of them by myself in about 90 minutes. I have built many many of these types of products so I know what to do and not to do. It’s simple but experience helps.SturdinessSome of it is thin wood (NOT cardboard as mentioned elsewhere) but the weight bearing frame part is more than strong enough to do the job. It will hold your lamp, books and iPads. But I wouldn’t stand on it to catch that spider crawling in the ceiling.