I searched a lot for the right shelves for my room, these were the best price and I definately think I made the right choice.
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This went together fine. The wood was a bit beat up, so I would not have wanted it in a visable location, but it was fine in basement.Read Best Reviews of Shelf Unit (Natural) (60"h x 30"w x 13"d) Here
These are fine shelves for $30. We used these in our bedroom, short term for our clothes until we found what we really wanted, now they are in the basement for extra storage. As for putting them together, they are pretty self explanitory. They are two seperate peices, held on top of one another by wooden dowels. (you can't tell in the pics) They are a teensy bit wobbly but like the title says... you get what you pay for.And I wouldn't put them in a kids room EVER.
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I had such high hopes for this shelf kit enough to pour hours and hours of my time into sanding, staining and finishing each piece by hand, prior to assembly.Then I discovered that the pieces don't always align with the factory pre-drilled pilot holes on the shelf ends, when you use the screws to assemble the legs to the shelves. Further study revealed that not only were these pre-drilled holes not always in the right spots, (which catch and pull your screw the wrong way when you are screwing it in), but the other reason for the holes ending up in the wrong spots is that the shelf ends aren't always factory assembled (permanently glued beforehand) together evenly.
Sloppy factory assembly.
Another problem emerged; the shelf vertical long pieces are pre-fit onto shelf ends from which a routered bit of pine emerges this is small, brittle, and cracks easily along its grain. I lost several shelves because of these long cracks, and tried re-gluing some to "save" them....
This means that any appreciable weight you put on these shelves might cause the shelf to collapse.
I drilled new pilot holes, and managed to put some of my kit together, but out of two tall tower shelves and a short 3 shelf unit, I am left with two short shelf units that are imbalanced and crooked looking.
My initial $150 investment, all the time to sand, stain and finish not worth anything now.
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