SIMPLIHOME Bedford 32" Solid Wood Transitional Low Storage Media TV Stand Cabinet in Dark Tobacco Brown - Perfect for Living Room, Entryway, Family Room & Home Theater Setup

I bought 2 cabinets for my kitchen nook and all my cookbooks.1. They came very well backed with protective corners and tons of custom foam pieces between every piece.2. The cabinets are solid wood (pine) & well made compared to most flat-pack furniture.3. All parts were labelled and all fasteners separated & numbered. Directions are fairly clear, but did not include any tips for adjusting it (more below).4. They look really nice with my Amish-style chairs and 20 yr old Tract home's raised panel medium golden-red cherry kitchen cabinets and furniture, which were hard to match when ashy grays, black, white, and walnut were recently the more popular colors (See pics).5. The back is screwed on instead of using cheap brads or small nails that pop loose within a couple years.6. The shelf height and depth was perfect for my cookbooks.7. The top is a nice height for seasonal displays, more books, or as a desert table.8. If I ever get a sideboard instead, these small cabinets for my kitchen area could easily be used in a bedroom, entery, or office.9. The satin nickel square knob goes nicely with the cabinet's grids and most the hardware (door knobs, faucets, etc.) in my home. However, I am getting it knobs to match my home's adjacent Transitional-style kitchen cabinet's antique pewter-colored knobs. You may want to order new knobs upfront (2 per cabinet) if you don't already have spares.Downsides are mostly due to the needed tips & tweaks missing in the otherwise fairly clear English-Language instructions and Pictographs to help those with limited English or Carpentry skills.Tips and Notes:1. Need to start with it on it's back on carpet or the shipping cardboard, then the sides to do the doors, shimming the doors up with 3 or 4 foam pieces from the packing to make installing and aligning the hinges easier for 1 person.2. The 6 Cam holes are slightly too big, so the cams spin or fall out while trying to assemble it. I recommend first marking the cam's tiny arrowheads (pointing toward the pin hole) with a bright colored Sharpie.The cams also do not 'snug up (pull) and lock the perpendicular piece in place as well as Ikea's pins. They also bend open easily, making them sit crooked in the hole and needing removal and a squeeze with some pliers. This may be a supply-chain issue and temporary, since everything else was top-notch.3. They oddly say to square the cabinet using several 90° triangles instead of simply verifying the diagonal measurements match with a tape (34‐7/8"?) or marked string, which is how it is traditionally done in carpentry. Since it is built pretty solid, they don't tell you how to best adjust it if it is somehow off.4. Holes for the back panels screws didnt come pre-drilled, but is easy to do. "Do not over-tighten" means do not use a screw gun on the thin-ish veneer, or you will damage the wood fibers.5. The wood is a softwood (pine), so dents easily when a screwdriver slips. It also has small dark knots left alone or patched with a very dark filler (instead of natural or matching), leaving an occasional black mole on the top or front.6. The pre-drilled cabinet door hinge holes were off1-2mm, which threw off the hinges, thus the doors & magnetic catches. This usually means their template is getting worn out.The instructions say to install the middle hinge screw then adjust [the non-adjustable] hinges. No tips on how to adjust them. I was suprised it didnt have adjustable hinges, or at least 2 oval +1 round holes in each hinge side if not the Euro/Ikea type.So I ended up filling the predrilled screw holes with wood glue (with a big sewing pin to poke it in), and moving the holes over 1.5-2 mm with a 2mm (5/64") bit. Trick was to set the door's 2 hinges where they needed to go (with even ~1/8" clearances) and pick whichever hole lines up, inztall a screw in each hinge, double-check it, then fill and move the holes that do not line up, xrill new holes as needed, and put the remaining little screws in. On one hinge, I used a small strip of electrical tape behind it to shim it up and straighten the door center clearance a little.Notes:The Shallow cabinets tip easily if one leans a little on the doors, so put heavy stuff on the bottom level and towards the back, and tie it to the wall to make it safe for little kids.8. It wisely comes with a nice pack of extra screw and fasteners, minimizing the issues of any missing or broken parts during assembly or over the years. It shows they put the customer first. It is big enough to hold a few of everything, and small enough to tape on the back or bottom.Since these are 'real' wood, a fairly timeless look (much like 100 year old Frank Lloyd Wright houses!) and not the cheap unrepairable MDF cabinets and shelves that easily watermark or break, I would strongly recommend getting them if you like the look, and remember my tips above. Hopefully the manufacturer updates their directions with some tips to help novices at cabinet-assembly.